Paul Gosar faces calls for investigations after allegedly hiring Nick Fuentes-linked congressional staff

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Fuentes’ brand of bilious rhetoric has absolutely no place in the Republican Party or in the halls of Congress.” Mr Searle is allegedly behind accounts across several social media platforms promoting content affiliated with the so-called “groyper” movement, according to a trove of evidence reviewed by Talking Points Memo, Arizona Right Wing Watch and The Informant. During a House Oversight Committee hearing on 16 May, Democratic US Rep Jasmine Crockett of Texas lambasted reports that “a staff member who is working for a Republican on this committee who has ties with and supports a white nationalist who has proclaimed himself to be ‘just like Hitler’.” “I don’t really know what to say, except for the fact that this is a farce,” she said. “If James Comer had a single ounce of integrity or credibility in his body, he would demand Rep Gosar fire his staffer and remove Gosar from his committee.” Mr Searle was first hired by Mr Gosar in November 2021 and has been working as his digital director since May of last year. “If true, it’s deeply disturbing that digital director is reportedly behind a secret ‘Groyper army’ account and an active supporter of white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes,” the group said in a statement.