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E. Williston man charged in Jan. 6 riot Lawyer, ex-school board member O’Kelly center of letter controversy BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau attorney and former East Williston school board trustee John O’Kelly was arrested Thursday for his actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to the federal prosecutors. O’Kelly, 66, is charged with felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers and interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, along with related misdemeanor offenses, officials said. The Long Island Federal Defenders Office, which represented O’Kelly during his arraignment, did not immediately return a request for comment from Blank Slate Media. O’Kelly previously had a controversial letter published in Blank Slate Media’s six newspapers following the election of former President Donald Trump which was viewed by many as antisemitic. The letter, published in December 2016, lauded Trump’s victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton despite the efforts of “anti-Christian, anti-U.S. globalists, led by George Soros.” O’Kelly described Soros as a “Rothschild banker,” referencing the notable
European Jewish banking family that many conspiracy theorists and antisemitic groups claim controls the world’s governments. The attorney went on to say that Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Christianity and nationalism clash “with the bankers’ plan for an international, atheistic, totalitarian world order.” He said both leaders strive to achieve “peace and prosperity” compared to “the bankers want[ing] war and debt.” He also claimed Soros was “an agent of the international bankers” and called for him to be “charged, arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned for his actions, including his funding of Black Lives Matter and Move-On.Org.” O’Kelly said Soros put President Barack Obama in the White House, calling the former commander-in-chief “another anti-Christian, anti-American globalist.” Blank Slate Media Editor and Publisher Steven Blank apologized for publishing O’Kelly’s letter, which prompted the company to refrain from running others containing derogatory and offensive language about marginalized groups. Kelly, following the apology, said his criticisms of powerful Jewish figContinued on Page 47
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Heroes and villains with Clara Pomerantz, a trustee, at East Hills’ annual Halloween “Spooktacular” event. See story on page 52.
2 Roslyn residents agents for China: DOJ BY ST E V E N K E E H N E R A Roslyn father and daughter were among seven Chinese nationals charged on Thursday with threatening and intimidating a U.S.
resident into returning to China, federal prosecutors said. Quanzhong An, 55, and Guangyang An, 34, of Roslyn, are accused of operating as agents of a foreign government and money laundering.
Along with the other defendants, they acted under the supervision of different officials with China’s Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, prosecutors said. Continued on Page 47
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