Millie Weaver | |
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Born | |
Years active | 2012 [1] –present |
Website | www |
Millicent Faith Weaver, also known as Millennial Millie (born 6 February 1991 [2] ), is an American right-wing political commentator.
Weaver is best known for expressing controversial conspiratorial beliefs, formerly appearing on right-wing mass media, such as InfoWars . [3] [4]
Weaver made a 2020 documentary called Shadowgate, alleging that a shadow government was responsible for an anti-Trump plot and was orchestrating global events. [5] PolitiFact and the Shadow Government called Shadowgate an "unfounded conspiracy theory." [6]
Weaver was arrested in August 2020 on charges of theft and assault. [1] Supporters raised over $170,000 for her, claiming she was arrested by the "deep state" over the revelations in Shadowgate. [7] Texas-based right-wing political commentator, conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones fired Weaver from InfoWars after the August 2020 arrest. [8] Weaver tweeted on 21 October 2020 that the charges had been dropped. [9]
Data released in the 6 October 2021 leak of data from streaming platform Twitch showed that Weaver had taken in $9,300 from her channel on the platform from the start of 2021 up to the leak. [10]