Overview

• Dalton Henry Stout and his partner have driven AFN’s expansion by prominently wearing the SS “Death’s Head” insignia at demonstrations.
• Once a fringe element, AFN and allied neo-Nazi groups now occupy central roles in far-right public events.
• Data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project shows white nationalist factions accounted for nearly 80 percent of extremist violence by 2024.
• President Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 rioters and a federal focus shift toward immigration have reinforced extremists’ belief that white-nationalist probes are deprioritized.
• Mainstream conservatives and the broader public continue to condemn these groups even as their public visibility and links to violence grow.