US intelligence officials say they have found ties between Calexit leader Louis Marinelli and a far-right nationalist group in Russia. According to authorities, Louis Marinelli, who is leading the initiative to make California into its own country, may be secretly working for the Russians who love the idea of a California seceding. Abc7news.com reports: Marinelli is an American who lives in Russia, but his movement is getting a lot of attention stateside. A recent Reuters poll found one in three Californians support the idea of withdrawing from the United States. In January, Marinelli’s group started collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution. When asked by the I-Team if he was a U.S. citizen, Marinelli replied,”Yes.” We recently spoke with him from his home in Yekaterinburg. “I’m in Russia for a number of reasons,” said Marinelli. “I have personal reasons. I want to be here and I have political goals to achieve while I’m here, one of which is to build a bridge between California and Russia.” He says his personal reasons center on his marriage. “My wife is a foreign national from Russia,” he said. “As you can imagine, we’ve had difficulty and an expensive [...]
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