The fact-finding group of 24 were ambushed by cult members on a jungle airstrip; the congressman for whom Speier then worked, Leo Ryan, and four others were murdered. “Jim Jones was a religious cult leader, Donald Trump is a political cult leader,” Speier told the Guardian. “With military training you become skilled at the use of lethal weapons and to ambush and gain control. Even after a formal investigation, the officer was allowed to continue military service. Dozens of active-duty and veteran military service members have been arrested in recent years in connection with terrorist plots and murders.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2021 09:56 UTC