President-elect Donald Trump watched the election results roll in accompanied by a far-right German politician who’s been convicted of theft and accused of taking part in pornographic films, the Daily Beast reported Tuesday. Phillipp-Anders Rau, a candidate for the right-wing German Alternative für ...

Summary

Donald Trump spent election night at Mar-a-Lago with Philipp-Anders Rau, a far-right German politician from the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which is classified as a “suspected extremist” group by German intelligence.

Rau, convicted of theft and accused of appearing in pornographic films (which he denies), praised the meeting with Trump on social media.

The AfD has promoted extremist policies, including mass deportation.

Despite Rau’s controversial history, he was allowed entry due to a formal invitation.

  • CM400@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    “In this instance, this individual was physically screened and permitted to enter because he was included on a formal invitation,” a United States Secret Service spokesman told the Beast.

    We wouldn’t have let him into our party except we invited him.