Michael Sweet was featured in J-Weekly's article,
"Local ties to right-wing Hungarian website to be
probed." Full text can be found in the June 26, 2014, issue,
but a synopsis is below.
On June 18th during a U.S. District Court hearing in San Francisco,
lawyers representing a Hungarian foundation were granted subpoenas
to investigate Healdsburg businessman Béla Varga, an alleged
Hungarian neo-Nazi supporter.
Michael Sweet explains that the subpoenas target both Varga and
CloudFlare, the San Francisco–based company Varga allegedly
used to anonymously register the anti-Semitic Hungarian news
website Kuruc.info.
"We'll be looking for information about who in Hungary is
supporting the Kuruc.info website," he says, adding that there
were both civil and criminal proceedings currently underway in
Hungary.
Sweet states that his investigation will seek to determine
information about Varga's role in setting up the website domain
name with S.F.-based CloudFare and who might have helped him with
the setup. All evidence will be turned over to the Action and
Protection Foundation and the plaintiff in the case, Daniel Bodnar,
president of the organization.
He adds that the time it will take to gather evidence stemming from
the subpoenas will depend on Varga's and CloudFare's
cooperation.
Concluding, Sweet says, "It could take days or, if people are
resistant, it could take longer. There's a possibility that the
information we are seeking may not be available from [Varga] and
[CloudFlare] and we may need to seek it from other
parties."
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