Longview Man Denies Responsibility for Charleston Massacre
Posted/updated on: June 23, 2015 at 2:15 pm
LONGVIEW (Staff/AP) — The leader of a national political group has issued a statement after admitted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof said the group influenced his actions. KETK reports 62-year-old Earl Holt III of Longview, a former St. Louis, Missouri, school board member, is the president of the Council of Conservative Citizens. Holt says his group runs “one of perhaps three websites in the world that accurately and honestly report black-on-white violent crime…The CofCC is hardly responsible for the actions of this deranged individual merely because he gleaned accurate information from our website…The CofCC does not advocate illegal activities of any kind, and never has.”
In a related item, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is donating to charity a $1,000 campaign contribution from Holt. Abbott spokesman Matt Hirsch said Monday the money will be given to the Salvation Army. Holt has donated to numerous GOP candidates on the national and state level. That includes Sen. Ted Cruz, who has said he will return an $8,500 donation.
