Longtime right-wing commentator Larry Klayman is accusing left-wing streamer Hasan Piker of fomenting violence against Jewish people in the United States, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Palm Beach County.
Klayman, whom the Southern Poverty Law Center covered as part of its “Dismantling White Supremacy” series, is the founder of right-wing political advocacy groups Freedom Watch USA and Judicial Watch. You may also recognize him from filing dozens of legal actions against then-President Bill Clinton in the ’90s or, more recently, from when the Florida Supreme Court suspended him from practicing law in the state over ethics violations.
He accuses Piker, a famous Twitch streamer who focuses on left-wing talking points, of encouraging violence against Jewish people across the country and, more specifically, against prominent Jewish Americans like himself, according to the lawsuit (attached below)…