Originally posted by Adam_PoE
MAGA influencer and Students for Trump co-founder Ryan Fournier has taken shots at a congressional candidate for his legal work representing people accused of drunk driving:"DUI defender Kevin Hayslett spent 70% of his time as a lawyer was defending those caught driving drunk or high. Is this someone we want in Congress?"
"DUI defender Kevin Hayslett's clients give him a 5-star rating. Many victims are no longer with us to give their ratings."
But while the right-wing youth activist may not think DUI criminal defense attorneys belong in federal office, he may be grateful to have had one such lawyer himself.
Last week, Fournier, 27, appeared in a Guilford County, North Carolina courtroom in connection to a slate of serious traffic offenses, including driving while impaired, aggressive driving, driving to endanger, and fleeing/eluding arrest with a motor vehicle, court records show. The offenses came from a February 2021 traffic stop and arrest where Fournier—who had been charged with a DWI in the same county four months prior—was booked after driving 101 miles an hour.
Fournier has nearly one million Twitter followers and is the co-founder of Turning Point Action. Last year, the other Students For Trump founder, John Lambert, was sentenced to 13 months in prison for masquerading as a lawyer with an Ivy League degree. Fournier, who helped Lambert create the fake law firm, testified against him, in return for avoiding charges.
Students for Trump co-founder Ryan Fournier is facing misdemeanor charges for assault on a female and assault with a deadly weapon, law enforcement records show.
Fournier, who studied at Campbell University in Raleigh, co-founded Students for Trump ahead of the 2016 election, and now leads the group Radical Alert, which "exposes radicals' hate that has taken over American college campuses," according to its X bio.
Fournier, 27, was arrested in Johnston County last Tuesday for assaulting and striking his girlfriend by "grabbing her right arm and striking her in the forehead with a handgun," according to the magistrate's order.
In October 2022, Fournier was charged with DUI for a second time after attacking a GOP House candidate and lawyer for representing people charged with DUI.
In 2021, the other Students For Trump co-founder, John Lambert, was sentenced to 13 months in prison for masquerading as a lawyer with an Ivy League degree. Fournier, who helped Lambert create the fake law firm, testified against him, in return for avoiding charges.
Fournier is also the co-founder of Turning Point Action, and has nearly one million followers on X.