Augustus Sol Invictus

Invictus graduated from the University of South Florida with a BA with honors in philosophy. Following his graduation, he attended DePaul University College of Law and graduated in 2011. While in law school, Invictus earned a fellowship at the International Human Rights Law Institute.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

He was managing partner of Imperium, P.A., a law firm he founded in 2013, until his retirement from the practice of law in 2017. Invictus is currently the publisher of The Revolutionary Conservative, a far-right publication with the stated aim of "restoring the American republic and defending Western Civilization".{{cite web |url= http://therevolutionaryconservative.com/about/mission-statement.html |title=Mission Statement|date=January 31, 2017|work=The Revolutionary Conservative |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170326135558/http://therevolutionaryconservative.com/about/mission%2Dstatement.html |archive-date=March 26, 2017|url-status=dead}}

Invictus was a headlined speaker at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017, where a white supremacist drove his vehicle into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer.{{cite web |url= https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/13/us/charlottesville-heather-heyer-profile/index.html |title=Heather Heyer died 'fighting for what she believed in' |last1=Almasy |first1=Steve |last2=Narayan |first2=Chandrika |date=August 13, 2017|publisher=CNN|access-date=April 12, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043534/https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/13/us/charlottesville-heather-heyer-profile/index.html |archive-date=April 13, 2018|url-status=live}} The Miami Herald wrote of Invictus's involvement in the fatal event that "the political fallout over Charlottesville may end whatever hopes for public office [Invictus] had."

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On May 19, 2015, Invictus announced his campaign for the U.S Senate as a candidate for the Libertarian Party in the 2016 Florida election.{{cite web |title=Augustus Invictus Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6To5NkZ9EM |work=YouTube |date=May 19, 2015 |access-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160308094754/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6To5NkZ9EM |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |url-status=live}}

In response to Invictus's campaign, Adrian Wyllie resigned from his position as chairman of the Libertarian Party of Florida, calling Invictus a "violent Fascist and Neo-Nazi" whose ideology was incompatible with libertarianism and saying he did not want to be part of the same party. The chairman also accused Invictus of supporting eugenics and of "sadistically dismembering a goat in a ritualistic sacrifice".{{cite web |url= http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/florida/2015/10/8578511/libertarian-party-drama-goat-sacrifice-eugenics-and-chairs-resignati |title=Libertarian Party drama: Goat sacrifice, eugenics and a chair's resignation |work=Politico |date=October 3, 2015 |access-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160419013330/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/florida/2015/10/8578511/libertarian-party-drama-goat-sacrifice-eugenics-and-chairs-resignati |archive-date=April 19, 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |first1=Adam C. |last1=Smith |first2=Brandon |last2=Larabee |url= https://www.tampabay.com/ritual-sacrifice-eugenics-and-the-resignation-of-a-party-chairman/2247999/ |title=Ritual sacrifice, eugenics, and the resignation of a party chairman |type=blog |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times |date=October 1, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151006024452/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/ritual-sacrifice-eugenics-and-the-resignation-of-a-party-chairman/2247999 |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |url-status=live}} Invictus responded by admitting that he once wrote a paper advocating eugenics but saying that he has since changed his mind.{{cite web |first=Gideon |last=Resnick |url= http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/03/this-satanist-wants-to-be-your-senator.html |title=This Satanist Wants to Be Your Senator |work=The Daily Beast |date=October 3, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151006002158/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/03/this-satanist-wants-to-be-your-senator.html |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Monivette |last=Cordeiro |url= http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/10/02/libertarian-party-of-florida-chairman-resigns-accuses-candidate-of-goat-sacrifice-and-eugenics |title=Libertarian Party of Florida chairman resigns, accuses candidate of goat sacrifice and eugenics |newspaper=Orlando Weekly |date=October 2, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151006011715/http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/10/02/libertarian-party-of-florida-chairman-resigns-accuses-candidate-of-goat-sacrifice-and-eugenics |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Jeremy |last=Gray |url= http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/florida_senate_candidate_admit.html |title=Florida senate candidate admits to animal sacrifice, denies goat dismemberment |work=AL.com |date=October 2, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151006114013/http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/florida_senate_candidate_admit.html |archive-date=October 6, 2015 |url-status=live}} He said he had sacrificed the goat and drunk its blood as part of a ritual to give thanks for surviving a pilgrimage in spring 2013, but denied it was "sadistic".{{cite news |title=Senate candidate in Florida admits drinking goat blood |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34450057 |work=BBC News |date=October 5, 2015 |access-date=June 21, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180529160208/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34450057 |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Brendan |last=Farrington |agency=Associated Press |url= http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-ap-florida-senate-sacrificing-goat-20151005-story.html |title=Florida candidate for U.S. Senate admits to sacrificing goat, drinking its blood |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=October 5, 2015 |access-date=October 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151005214616/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-ap-florida-senate-sacrificing-goat-20151005-story.html |archive-date=October 5, 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |author=Florida Man |title=Yes, This Libertarian Senate Candidate Really Did Sacrifice a Goat and Drink Its Blood |url= https://www.gq.com/story/augustus-sol-invictus-goat-sacrifice |work=GQ |date=October 6, 2015 |access-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171010224847/https://www.gq.com/story/augustus-sol-invictus-goat-sacrifice |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |url-status=live}} In 2024, he claimed he had begun drinking human blood as he had converted to Catholicism.{{Cite web |last=Progress |first=HAWES SPENCER The Daily |date=2024-02-21 |title=Florida man charged in 2017 torch cases speaks: He's stopped drinking goat blood |url=https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/florida-man-charged-in-2017-torch-cases-speaks-hes-stopped-drinking-goat-blood/article_239db006-d040-11ee-9264-0b922cb08932.html |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=The Daily Progress |language=en}}{{better source needed|date=March 2024}}

He has also said that he is not a white supremacist, citing the fact that his children are part Hispanic; he acknowledged that some white supremacists support his campaign, while claiming he does not associate with them. In 2014, he acted as attorney for Marcus Faella of the American Front in his legal appeal.{{cite news |first=Henry Pierson |last=Curtis |url= http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-marcus-faella-american-front-appeal-20141205-story.html |title=Former leader of neo-Nazi group gets new lawyer to fight conviction |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=December 4, 2014 |access-date=October 7, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151204000741/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-marcus-faella-american-front-appeal-20141205-story.html |archive-date=December 4, 2015 |url-status=live}}

In May 2016, Invictus began the "Possibility of Revolution" tour in Florida, speaking in Orlando, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Tampa, Fort Myers, and Miami in one continuous circuit.{{Cite news |url= http://orlando-politics.com/2016/05/02/augustus-sol-invictus-kicks-off-possibility-of-a-revolution-speaking-tour-in-orlando/ |title=Augustus Sol Invictus kicks-off 'Possibility of a Revolution' speaking tour in Orlando|last=Torres|first=Frank|date=May 2, 2016|work=The Orlando Political Observer |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170331121221/http://orlando-politics.com/2016/05/02/augustus-sol-invictus-kicks-off-possibility-of-a-revolution-speaking-tour-in-orlando/ |archive-date=March 31, 2017|url-status=live}} At the end of this tour, Paul Stanton entered the Senate race, creating the first Libertarian primary for the United States Senate in Florida history.{{Cite news |url= http://www.wmfe.org/libertarian-candidates-compete-in-primary-for-the-first-time-in-florida-history/63370|title=Libertarian candidates compete in primary for the first time in Florida history|last=Sago|first=Renate|date=August 29, 2016|work=WFME.org |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161129210047/http://www.wmfe.org/libertarian-candidates-compete-in-primary-for-the-first-time-in-florida-history/63370 |archive-date=November 29, 2016|url-status=live}} Invictus lost the primary election on August 30, 2016, with Stanton receiving 73.5% of the vote.{{Cite news |url= http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local-govt--politics/election-results-florida-primary-aug/GafPl2V7hX12udPTxllD1J/|title=Election Results: Florida Primary|date=August 30, 2016|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170331120853/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/local-govt--politics/election-results-florida-primary-aug/GafPl2V7hX12udPTxllD1J/ |archive-date=March 31, 2017|url-status=live}}

During his campaign, a letter written by Invictus in 2013{{Cite web |first=Elie|last=Mystal |url= http://abovethelaw.com/2013/04/the-kind-of-unhinged-departure-memo-that-would-have-been-way-funnier-before-the-marathon-attack/2 |title=The Kind Of Unhinged Departure Memo That Would Have Been WAY Funnier Before The Marathon Attack|work=Above the Law|date=April 22, 2013}} came to light in which he renounced his citizenship and claimed to have plans of venturing out in the woods only to return bringing war:

{{Blockquote|I have prophesied for years that I was born for a Great War; that if I did not witness the coming of the Second American Civil War I would begin it myself. Mark well: That day is fast coming upon you. On the New Moon of May, I shall disappear into the Wilderness. I will return bearing Revolution, or I will not return at all.}}

Invictus has been accused of supporting state-sponsored eugenics for a paper he wrote as a law student.{{Cite web |url= http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2015/10/libertarian-party-drama-goat-sacrifice-eugenics-and-a-chairs-resignation-026236 |title=Libertarian Party drama: Goat sacrifice, eugenics and a chair's resignation|last=Caputo|first=Marc|date=October 1, 2015|work=Politico|access-date=May 27, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170708025722/http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2015/10/libertarian-party-drama-goat-sacrifice-eugenics-and-a-chairs-resignation-026236 |archive-date=July 8, 2017|url-status=live}} Invictus, however, wrote a disclaimer to the paper stating that although he believes the strong and intelligent should breed and the weak and stupid should not, he does not believe that the government can be trusted to implement such a program.{{cite web |url= https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-ruin-argument-eugenics-augustus-sol|title=Future or Ruin: The Argument for Eugenics|date=December 14, 2014|work=LinkedIn|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170128190026/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-ruin-argument-eugenics-augustus-sol|archive-date=January 28, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Owen |first1=Tess |title=The Florida White Nationalist Running for President Has Been Arrested for Kidnapping and Domestic Violence |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-florida-white-nationalist-running-for-president-has-been-arrested-for-kidnapping-and-domestic-violence/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=January 2, 2020}}

Invictus has been identified as a Holocaust denier. He has said: "Do I believe that 6 million Jews were killed by evil Hitler? Is that what you’re asking me? ... Okay, then I am still waiting to see those facts."{{Cite web |url= https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/15/holocaust-denier-augustus-invictus-announces-another-campaign-us-senate |title=Holocaust denier Invictus announces another campaign for the U.S. Senate|last=Janik|first=Rachel|date=August 15, 2017|work=Southern Poverty Law Center|access-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170827215022/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/15/holocaust-denier-augustus-invictus-announces-another-campaign-us-senate |archive-date=August 27, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Bustamonte |first1=Star |title=Ex-U.S. senate candidate arrested in Florida |url=https://wildhunt.org/2020/01/ex-u-s-senate-candidate-arrested-in-florida.html |access-date=25 March 2021 |date=January 2, 2020}}

Invictus has proposed repealing the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Nineteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States,{{cite tweet|user=move_silent_sam|number=1215309007080120320|title=Augustus Invictus' 2020 presidential campaign platform includes repealing the 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments so that "only white male citizens have the right to vote." "Furthermore, only white male citizens are eligible to own real property."|date=January 9, 2020}} insisting that only white male citizens should have the right to vote or own real property.

Invictus believes that the United States should embrace a non-interventionist approach to foreign policy, arguing that an interventionist approach has resulted in the loss of American lives and the accumulation of trillions of dollars in debt. He opposes using the U.S. military to protect US national interests or prevent meddling in US affairs.{{cite web |url= http://www.invictusforsenate.com/political/issues.html |title=Foreign Policy|date=May 2015|work=Augustus Sol Invictus for Senate |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160505174438/http://www.invictusforsenate.com/political/issues.html |archive-date=May 5, 2016|access-date=September 12, 2017}}

Invictus advocates for balancing the budget, shrinking the size of government, ceasing "reckless" government spending and deregulating American business. He is also in favor of repealing the personal income tax, abolishing the IRS and recreating the tax code. According to Invictus, he does not support mass immigration and is against open borders for the United States.{{cite web |title=A Letter to the People of Europe |url= http://invictusforsenate.com/blog/speech-transcripts/letter-to-the-people-of-europe |work=Augustus Sol Invictus for Senate|date=May 2015|access-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160423003300/http://invictusforsenate.com/blog/speech-transcripts/letter-to-the-people-of-europe |archive-date=April 23, 2016|url-status=dead}} However, he supports policies that would streamline the process of immigration and naturalization so that immigrants who wish to integrate and work in the United States can do so with ease.

Invictus is opposed to the War on Drugs and has labeled it a failure. He supports repealing the Controlled Substances Act and abolishing the DEA. He believes that the United States should find alternative forms of energy so as to reduce U.S dependence on foreign energy. He does not believe there should be a trade-off between economic freedom and the destruction of the environment.

He was accepted into and graduated from DePaul University in Chicago with a Juris Doctorate and by 2006 he was married, and a father of four multi-ethnic children.{{Cite web |title=Augustus Sol Invictus |url= https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/augustus-sol-invictus |access-date=March 9, 2021 |work=Southern Poverty Law Center|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=August 1, 2016|title=Augustus Invictus on Twitter: "#InvictusForSenate"|url=https://angloamerica101.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/1566736667737-1.png|url-status=live|access-date=March 9, 2021|work=Archive.is|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210309143024/https://angloamerica101.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/1566736667737-1.png}} Augustus Invictus was born Austin Gillespie, and in 2006 he legally changed his name to Augustus Sol Invictus. Until 2022 he was a Thelemite, though was expelled from the Thelemic fraternal organization, Ordo Templi Orientis; he has also identified as a pagan.

Invictus has been accused of crimes including domestic violence, stalking, and threats of bodily harm verbally and with a firearm, which have been reported to law enforcement in Florida at least ten times.{{cite web |url= https://www.huffpost.com/entry/augustus-sol-invictus-white-nationalist-history-violence_n_5e4717b3c5b64d860fcac76a|title=Women Accused White Nationalist Augustus Sol Invictus Of Abuse For Years Before His Arrest |first=Jessica |last=Schulberg |date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=August 25, 2020 |work=Huffington Post}}

The first such allegation which gained public attention was reported in 2017 by his ex-fiancée. The Huffington Post reported that in July 2017, police in Orlando, Florida, "recommended that charges of domestic battery by strangulation and aggravated battery be filed against Invictus."{{cite web |last1=Schulberg|first1=Jessica|title=Should White Supremacists Be Allowed To Practice Law? |url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-supremacist-nazi-lawyers_us_5a3d8da8e4b0b0e5a7a2232d |work=The Huffington Post|date=December 24, 2017|access-date=August 2, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180801060826/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-supremacist-nazi-lawyers_us_5a3d8da8e4b0b0e5a7a2232d |archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=live}} According to the article, charges were never filed due to both a lack of evidence and a lack of cooperation from the alleged victim. The victim stated to police that she hesitated as a result of feeling intimidated by Invictus's connections to white-supremacist organizations and legal expertise in addition to her allegations of serial acts of violence.

Invictus was arrested in Melbourne, Florida, on January 1, 2020, on charges of "kidnapping, 'high and aggravated' domestic violence and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence".{{cite web |url= https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article238888578.html |title=Augustus Invictus — white nationalist and ex-Senate candidate — is arrested on kidnapping warrant|website=Miami Herald|agency=Associated Press|date=January 1, 2020|access-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200824020105/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article238888578.html |archive-date=August 24, 2020|url-status=live}} Upon his arrest in Melbourne, Invictus was then extradited to Rock Hill, South Carolina, where the alleged crimes, this time against another woman, who is his estranged wife, occurred. He requested a bail hearing which occurred on February 14, 2020, and his accuser made a statement to the court recounting her allegations. Her claims match as a pattern, the description of the acts Invictus's prior accuser had alleged he perpetrated. For example, his wife alleged he had abused her for 6 years via assaults including punching her in the stomach to avoid visible bruises, and locking her in the bedroom for days. Also as in prior allegations by the other victim, Invictus's wife independently reported to law enforcement that he had repeatedly strangled her, threatened her life with a firearm, and used the threat to use his extremist followers to silence her, claiming he would send them to target her and end her life if she escaped.{{cite web |url= https://www.informant.news/p/no-bail-for-augustus-invictus|title=No bail for Augustus Invictus|work=The Informant|date=February 18, 2020|access-date=August 23, 2020}} On February 14, 2020, Judge Hall in Rock Hill, South Carolina, ordered that Invictus be held in jail without bond.{{cite web |url= https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article240301731.html |title=Invictus denied bond in York Hearing|work=Rock Hill Herald|date=February 14, 2020|access-date=August 23, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200824020105/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article238888578.html |archive-date=August 24, 2020|url-status=live}} On February 19, 2020, kidnapping charges were dismissed after the judge asserted that the charge lacked probable cause; however, the charges of "high and aggravated" domestic violence and possession of a firearm in commission of a crime of violence remain.{{cite web |date=February 19, 2020|title=York SC Judge drops white nationalist kidnap, keeps other charges |url= https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/crime/article240387726.html |access-date=March 1, 2020 |work=The Herald |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200301225811/https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/crime/article240387726.html |archive-date=March 1, 2020|url-status=live}}

On March 31, 2020,{{cite news |last1=Dys |first1=Andrew |title=White nationalist bailed out of York County SC jail amid coronavirus fear. What's next? |url= https://www.heraldonline.com/news/coronavirus/article241688411.html |access-date=April 5, 2020 |publisher=The Herald (Rock Hill) |date=April 1, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200405093147/https://www.heraldonline.com/news/coronavirus/article241688411.html |archive-date=April 5, 2020 |url-status=live}} the court determined that Invictus could be freed on bail after his public defender cited the risk posed to inmates by the coronavirus pandemic.

However, less than three weeks after Invictus's release he was re-arrested in violation of the terms of his bond. Despite her restraining order, Invictus's wife reported that he made threatening and harassing contact with her over twenty times. He allegedly made an implied threat of violence at which point she agreed to meet him in a park with their children. At that time, Invictus allegedly spoke to their child referring to his accuser with derogatory slurs. On July 23, 2020, Invictus was denied a fourth request for bail by a judge in Rock Hill, South Carolina.{{cite web |url= https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/crime/article244432107.html |title=Invictus Denied Bail from York County SC jail after he was previously freed|work=Rock Hill Herald|date=July 23, 2020|access-date=August 26, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200824015049/https://amp.heraldonline.com/news/local/crime/article244432107.html |archive-date=August 24, 2020|url-status=live}}

Stalking charges in Florida were dropped on August 4, 2020, after prosecutors determined the case was "not suitable for prosecution".{{cite tweet|user=nickmartin|number=1291067057144918017 |title=NEW: Florida prosecutors have dropped the stalking case against white nationalist Augustus Invictus.|accessdate=April 19, 2021}}{{better source needed|date=August 2020}} On August 25, 2020, Invictus was granted release bail in York County, South Carolina.{{cite web |url= https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/crime/article245233210.html |title=Former Fla. Senate candidate, Invictus, granted $10,000 bail in York County SC. Again.|work=Rock Hill Herald|date=August 25, 2020|access-date=August 26, 2020 |first=Andrew |last=Dys}}

On April 19, 2022, Invictus was found not guilty of all charges after the jury deliberated for 30 minutes. The alleged victim, Invictus's wife, did not attend the trial to testify. After his acquittal, Invictus publicly requested letters of apology from authorities responsible for his arrest and prosecution.{{cite web |url= https://www.wbtv.com/2022/04/20/invictus-former-senate-president-candidate-florida-not-guilty-sc-trial/|title=Invictus, the former Senate, president candidate from Florida, not guilty in SC trial |first=Andrew |last=Dys |date=April 20, 2022 |access-date=May 4, 2022}}

In 2023, Invictus was arrested and charged with crimes related to the 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.{{Cite web |title=Speaker at 'Unite The Right' Rally Charged |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/07/26/speaker-unite-right-rally-charged |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}} The trial began in February, 2024, with Invictus' attorney attempting to have the prosecutor's office recuse itself. Although Invictus is a lawyer, he has chosen not to represent himself in court.{{Cite web |last=Progress |first=HAWES SPENCER The Daily |date=2024-02-21 |title=Florida man charged in 2017 torch cases speaks: He's stopped drinking goat blood |url=https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/florida-man-charged-in-2017-torch-cases-speaks-hes-stopped-drinking-goat-blood/article_239db006-d040-11ee-9264-0b922cb08932.html |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=The Daily Progress |language=en}} In October 2024, a jury found him guilty of burning an object with the intent to intimidate, which is a felony in Virginia.{{cite news |last1=Gad |first1=Mark |title=Conviction in case from 2017 torch march |url=https://www.cbs19news.com/news/conviction-in-case-from-2017-torch-march/article_df8f2468-8812-11ef-833a-f304eb150e80.html |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=CBS 19 News |date=11 October 2024 |language=en}} In January 2025, Invictus was sentenced to nine-and-a-half months in jail for his conviction, with the sentence delayed for 60 days pending appeal.{{cite news |last1=Spencer |first1=Hawes |title=Goat's blood-drinking Florida man gets 9 1/2 months for role in torch-carrying mob at UVa |url=https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/goats-blood-drinking-florida-man-gets-9-1-2-months-for-role-in-torch-carrying/article_1a26be9e-ceb1-11ef-919b-2fccf28af730.html |access-date=2025-01-10 |work=Daily Progress |date=2025-01-10 |language=en |url-status=live |archive-date=2025-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110153143/https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-courts/goats-blood-drinking-florida-man-gets-9-1-2-months-for-role-in-torch-carrying/article_1a26be9e-ceb1-11ef-919b-2fccf28af730.html}}

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|party=Libertarian Party (United States)

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|party=Libertarian Party (United States)

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20210326143116/https://therevolutionaryconservative.com/ The Revolutionary Conservative (archived)]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309122737/http://invictusforsenate.com/ Invictus for Senate]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190812050107/https://invictusforpresident.com/ Invictus for President MMXX]

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