Augustus Sol Invictus

Invictus is a member of the “Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights (FOAK), the ‘military wing’ of the Proud Boys. He is also the Sergeant at Arms for the Florida American Guard, a white supremacist group. He is also a publisher and founder of The Revolutionary Conservative website.

As of May 2020, Invictus’s LinkedIn page said he was a Managing Partner at The Law Office of Augustus Invictus, P.A. since October 2018 in Orlando, Florida. His LinkedIn page also said that Invictus graduated from DePaul University (DePaul) College of Law in 2011 and graduated in 2008 from the University of South Florida (USF) with a degree in Philosophy and Political Science.

His LinkedIn also said he attended Rollins College (Rollins) Crummer Graduate School of Business from 2012 - 2013 but was “Banned from Rollins College for life” with “no degree earned.”

Invictus’s original given name was Austin Gillespie. He later changed his name to Augustus Sol Invictus.

Holocaust Denial

During an August 2017 interview with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Invictus said [00:36:20]: “Do I believe that 6 million Jews were killed by evil Hitler? Is that what you're asking?...Okay, then I am still waiting to see those facts.”

Spreading Coronavirus Anti-Semitism 

On April 27, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, Invictus published a blog titled: “COVID-19 in the time of National Socialism,” on The Revolutionary Conservative website.

The article accused the Jews of benefiting from the coronavirus pandemic, arguing “Who is profiting?...It is not the beauty of Our Children, the livelihood of Our Workers...Look upon this exercise in control as what it is: a lining up of the goyim cattle for slaughter and domination...Reject the shackles of death that the Jew offers.”

The article claimed that, without the Jew, the coronavirus response would be better: “Hospitals are never overwhelmed, because they are not already overstretched by illegal aliens and extremely limited resources, and further battered by the obscene profit margin expectations of the Jewish markets...”

The article continued: “Leaders are focused on the prosperity...They are not thralls of the Jew…There are no markets being crashed by the Jew and its minions for profit at the expense of workers.”

Promoting Hatred of Israel

On September 28, 2016, in response to a tweet that read: “@SenatorInvictus what are your views on the Arab Israeli conflict?” Invictus tweeted: “The U.S. should stop giving aid to Israel. Problem solved.”

On July 24, 2015, Invictus tweeted: “Campaign promise: When I am elected Senator, Israel will no longer dictate our foreign policy. #foreignaffairs #Iran.”

Calling for Violent Civil War

In a June 3, 2016 interview, Invictus said [00:06:06]: “I would tell the American people that governments should be afraid of the people, and if you are not a threat to your government, your government is not going to listen to you. So the only thing that you can do to change the government is to arm yourselves and be prepared for war.”

The interviewer asked [00:06:19]: “So when you speak of total insurrection, you are talking about violent insurrection?” Invictus replied [00:06:24]: “I am.”

On a May 1, 2016 edition of “Fireside Chat on the Possibility of Revolution,” Invictus said [00:03:11] “I say unto you, My Fellow Americans, that the Federal Government is not invincible. Verily, I say unto you that it can fall and more than this, I say that it must fall. And if our blood must be the sacrifice, then so be it.”

On April 22, 2013, Invictus wrote a “Departure Memo” where he claimed to renounce his United States citizenship and said: “I have prophesied for years that I was born for a Great War; that if I did not witness the coming of the Second American Civil War I would begin it myself.

He continued: “Mark well: That day is fast coming upon you. On the New Moon of May, I shall disappear into the Wilderness. I will return bearing Revolution, or I will not return at all.”

White Nationalist Rally at UVA

On August 11, 2017, Invictus participated in a march at the University of Virginia (UVA) that featured [00:05:18] chants of “blood and soil.”

White nationalists carried [00:00:13] torches — reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) cross burning ceremonies — and chanted [00:20:36] “You will not replace us.” Some marchers also chanted [00:22:15] “Jews will not replace us!” and screamed [00:00:13] “one people, one nation, end immigration!”

The march ended with several marchers reportedly using their torches as weapons against counter-protesters. Police then shut down the event, declaring it an “unlawful assembly.” Following the violence, marchers chanted [00:01:08] “White Lives Matter!” and yelled [00:21:26] “Anti-White!” at the counter-protesters.

Marchers also chanted [00:05:18] “Blood and Soil!” — an English variation of a popular Nazi-era German chant “blut und boden.” Multiple marchers made Nazi salutes and the reportedly chanted “sieg heil!!”

Charlottesville Rally

Invictus planned [00:00:16] and spoke [00:00:48] at the “Unite the Right” rally that took place on August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, VA. The rally attracted the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) and white separatist League of the South (LS).  At this rally, rally leaders clearly chanted [00:00:05] “Jews will not replace us!!”

Richard Spencer headlined the rally to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Many protesters brought Confederate flags to the rally.