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The Justice Department and FBI person a caller communist financier successful their crosshairs for alleged fiscal crimes: James "Fergie" Cox Chambers Jr., the estranged bad-boy heir to the Cox cablegram empire.
On Friday, Spanish constabulary detained Chambers connected the luxury land of Ibiza, successful effect to an planetary apprehension warrant, according to sources. Chambers is allegedly wanted for wealth laundering and providing enactment to Hamas, pursuing years of financing anti-Israel and anti-West organizations and protests. The transnational web helium helped money and enactment is kicking successful to formed him arsenic a unfortunate of the Trump administration's "fascism," portion critics are cheering the apprehension arsenic agelong overdue.
A spokesperson for Spain's Balearic Islands constabulary branch, which includes Ibiza successful its jurisdiction, told Fox News Digital that a U.S. national was arrested connected charges tied to an planetary apprehension warrant Friday nether an planetary apprehension warrant seeking his extradition to the United States. The spokesperson did not corroborate the individuality of the citizen, but sources told Fox News Digital that the idiosyncratic is Chambers.
Fergie Chambers poses for pictures successful Tunis, Tunisia, connected Feb. 8, 2024. (Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto)
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The constabulary spokesperson added that the idiosyncratic is being held astatine the cardinal jailhouse successful Ibiza pending a judicial determination that volition beryllium conducted by videoconference. Supporters present program a "Free Fergie Chambers" protestation connected Tuesday astatine 7 p.m. extracurricular the situation successful Ibiza, demonstrating against "DEL FASCISMO DE TRUMP," oregon the "TRUMP'S FASCISM IN PERSECUTING DEFENDERS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE."
A spokesperson for the FBI declined to comment. Chambers and his representatives couldn't beryllium reached for comment.
A person to Islam, Chambers represents the fusion of socialist and communist activists with Islamist interests that question the demolition of the West, escaped endeavor and the authorities of Israel and the emergence of governmental Islam, communism and a caller Palestinian state.
General presumption of Centro Penitenciario de Ibiza, successful Ibiza, Spain, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (BWPhoto for Fox News Digital) ( )
Chambers' ideological comrades leaked quality of the detention to trusted colleagues connected far-left media platforms – immoderate of which Chambers funds – and his communist, socialist and Islamist comrades are flooding societal media to framework the communicative astir the apprehension arsenic the Trump medication unfairly targeting Chambers.
The apprehension is simply a important determination by the Trump medication arsenic it targets far-left financiers allegedly engaged successful supporting governmental violence. In this case, arsenic successful different investigations, national authorities are pursuing the wealth and investigating imaginable taxation and fiscal crimes.
FBI Co-Deputy Director Chris Raia precocious told Fox News Digital that investigators astatine the FBI's Joint Mission Center person identified subjects tied to financing convulsive protestation enactment and person been gathering prosecutable cases.
General presumption of Centro Penitenciario de Ibiza, successful Ibiza, Spain, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (BWPhoto for Fox News Digital) ( )
Like Neville Roy Singham, the American tech tycoon accused of financing communist and far-left nonprofit organizations from his basal successful Shanghai, China, Chambers has made a sanction for himself arsenic a fiscal backer of anti-Israel and anti-American causes astir the world. As reported exclusively astatine Fox News Digital, the Justice Department has launched a expansive assemblage probe into Singham for alleged wealth laundering and different fiscal improprieties. It is presently prosecuting the Southern Poverty Law Center for alleged wealth laundering, slope fraud and ligament fraud.
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Fergie Chambers walks adjacent a mosque successful Tunis, Tunisia, connected Feb. 8, 2024. (Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto)
Fergie Chambers walks adjacent a mosque successful Tunis, Tunisia, connected Feb. 8, 2024. (Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto)
Fergie Chambers performs the Muslim supplication successful Tunis, Tunisia, connected Feb. 8, 2024. (Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto)
Fergie Chambers smokes a cigaret portion posing for photos successful Tunis, Tunisia. (Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto)
Chambers was calved successful 1985 successful Brooklyn arsenic James Cox Chambers Jr. to his father, James Cox Chambers, and mother, histrion Lauren Hamilton. He is the great-grandson of James M. Cox, a erstwhile Ohio governor, 1920 Democratic statesmanlike nominee and laminitis of the media institution that became Cox Enterprises. Forbes estimates the Cox household empire is worthy astir $27 billion.
Chambers is present the estranged heir of Cox Enterprises, walking distant from the household institution successful 2023 with a payout estimated astatine astir $250 cardinal aft a falling retired with his household implicit the company's enactment for Atlanta's arguable nationalist information grooming center, known by critics arsenic "Cop City." In April, a expansive assemblage indicted 3 alleged Antifa-linked protesters accused of throwing firebombs astatine the wide contractor of the Atlanta constabulary grooming center.
Protestors unreserved a constabulary enactment during a objection against the alleged "Cop City" grooming installation successful Atlanta, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. (Mike Stewart/AP Photo)
Chambers openly redirected his luck into communist collectives, bail and ineligible underwriting and groups engaged successful hard-edged protestation and spot disruption.
Raised mostly successful Brooklyn aft his parents divorced, Chambers attended Saint Ann's School and aboriginal enrolled astatine Bard College but didn't graduate. He concisely worked for a Cox Enterprises subsidiary earlier operating gyms successful Georgia and aboriginal became progressively progressive successful left-wing activism pursuing the anti-police protests successful Ferguson, Mo., successful 2014 and the demonstrations successful Standing Rock, S.D., successful 2016 against an lipid pipeline.
Around 2019, Chambers established the "Berkshire Communists" corporate successful Alford, Mass., successful a affluent country of occidental Massachusetts, wherever helium built a commune, operated the Berkshire People's Gym and launched a work called "Combat Liberalism."
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Police detain Palestine Action activists astatine the entranceway of APCO Worldwide offices successful London, wherever the gathering is covered successful reddish paint, connected Sept. 3, 2024. (Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu)
Following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas violent attacks, Chambers became 1 of the astir salient fiscal backers of "Palestine Action," aboriginal renamed "Unity of Fields," portion besides backing ineligible defence efforts for activists progressive successful anti-Israel demonstrations and direct-action campaigns successful the United Kingdom and the U.S.
He praised the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks arsenic a "moment of anticipation and inspiration," told Mother Jones that "the astir important happening for the prosperity of humanity is the demolition of the US" and said, "I chant decease to America each day."
Local and nationalist reporting spot him down the "Stop Cop City" opposition, bail aft occupations and protests against Elbit Systems, a institution that provides services to Israel, successful Merrimack, N.H., and the U.K., and ongoing ineligible enactment for networks successful the U.S. and U.K. led by the arguable "Palestine Action."
Communist tattoos are disposable connected Fergie Chambers' hands and fingers portion helium sits successful a cafe successful Tunis, Tunisia, connected Feb. 8, 2024. (Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto)
After Alford, Mass., unopen his Berkshire People's Gym for zoning violations and law-enforcement scrutiny intensified, Chambers relocated to Tunis, successful the North African federation of Tunisia.
In aboriginal February 2024, Chambers was photographed successful his recently adopted metropolis of Tunis successful the North African federation of Tunisia, framing his communicative arsenic a pious Muslim convert, with a red-and-white Palestinian kefiyyeh scarf draped implicit his shoulders, a achromatic Muslim supplication headdress connected his caput and a tiny beard connected his face, a contented that follows the sunnah, oregon practice, of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.
The photograph sprout included images of Chambers successful Muslim prayer, astatine 1 constituent with his hands connected his thorax and astatine different constituent successful "ruku" position, bent guardant with his hands connected his knees, staring astatine a constituent of attraction successful beforehand of him. In different shots, helium walked by a section mosque, sat down the instrumentality of a car with orangish and greenish Muslim supplication beads, called "tazbi," hanging connected the rearview mirror. A brace of decorative boxing gloves with "RUSSIA" crossed the wrists, positioned connected a red-and-white kefiyyeh dispersed on the dashboard.
Fergie Chambers walks his dogs successful Tunis, Tunisia, connected Feb. 8, 2024. (Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto)
Unconventional for accepted Muslims, who don't often person dogs arsenic pets due to the fact that of a fundamentalist mentation of Islam that bars dogs arsenic pets successful the home, Chambers besides was photographed smoking a cigaret and walking connected the formation with 2 tiny dogs who look similar bulldogs. He besides wore tattoos, including a sickle-and-barbells connected his near hand.
By May 2026, his societal media posts placed him successful Ireland. This month, the self-declared communist vacationed among the affluent successful Ibiza, is present sitting successful prison.
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