Who Was Max Azzarello? US Man Who Set Self On Fire Before Trump Trial
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Days before the self-immolation, he was pictured holding a sign outside the same courthouse which read "Trump is with Biden and theyre about to fascist coup us."
The man who set himself on fire outside the New York court where Donald Trump's hush money trial was set to begin on Friday, threw a stack of pamphlets in the air containing conspiracy theories, before immolating himself.
The man, identified as Max Azzarello, who had travelled to New York from Florida, is alive but in a critical condition.
"(They were) almost like a conspiracy theory type of pamphlet, some information in regards to Ponzi schemes, and the fact that some of our local educational institutes are a front for the mob," senior police officer Joseph Kenny said.
The pamphlets contain link to a newsletter titled “The Ponzi Papers” where Mr Azzarello shared several theories linking crypto billionaires, former US president Bill Clinton, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Hollywood actor Rob Lowe to an "apocalyptic fascist world coup".
