39 Facts About Hal Turner

Harold Charles "Hal" Turner was born on March 15,1962 and is an American political commentator and convicted felon from North Bergen, New Jersey.

Turner has sporadically hosted The Hal Turner Show - usually on shortwave radio station WBCQ - since 2002; as well as a corresponding blog, which has changed URLs frequently and has spread hoaxes and fake news.

Hal Turner was born in Jersey City and raised in Union City and from age five in Ridgefield Park, where he attended Ridgefield Park High School.

Hal Turner became a talk radio host, joining fellow regular callers Frank from Queens and John from Staten Island to start the program The Right Perspective.

In 2002, Hal Turner became a solo host, purchasing a time slot on shortwave radio station WBCQ, over which he broadcast for approximately four years.

Hal Turner has identified himself as the "Chairman of the Republican Party of Hudson County, NJ Corp," a group which has no connection to the official Hudson County Republican Party recognized by the state and national party.

Hal Turner characterized the rally as both "pro-white" and "against violence".

Hal Turner called for the attacker to be charged with a hate crime, but the case resulted in the perpetrator being indicted as an adult with two felony counts: assault and attempted assault instead.

In 2002, Hal Turner started broadcasting, but quit the show in July 2008 and resumed broadcasting it in April 2009 as the Hal Turner Radio Network.

Hal Turner stated that in December 2006 and January 2007 individuals who identified themselves as members of the group Anonymous took Hal Turner's website offline, costing him thousands of dollars in bandwidth bills.

On January 19,2007, Hal Turner sued 4chan, eBaum's World, 7chan, Abjects IRC network, and other websites for copyright infringement.

Mail from the court to Hal Turner was returned as "Undeliverable".

Hal Turner was a paid informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation for several years, supplying information about right-wing groups to federal agents.

The original allegations that Hal Turner acted as an informant for the FBI surfaced in 2008 after unidentified hackers claimed on Hal Turner's website's forums that they had read email correspondences between him and an FBI agent, apparently his handler.

Hal Turner's information led to the arrests of the Hutaree militia, with Hal Turner's FBI handler serving as the prosecution's witness.

Hal Turner was doing a lot of those things at the behest of the FBI.

On October 7,2015, Turner returned to radio for the weekly, two hour Hal Turner Show, broadcast on shortwave radio station WBCQ and over the internet.

Hal Turner stated at the end of March 2019 that he had run out of funds to keep the show on WBCQ and WRMI.

An associated fundraising appeal was a success, and Hal Turner expanded his broadcast to a daily show.

Hal Turner has a history of making threats against various public figures.

In 2005, Turner publicized the names of three federal court judges who handled lawsuits involving Matt Hale, a white supremacist convicted of soliciting the murder of a federal judge.

Hal Turner posted the judges' names and addresses on his Web site.

Since the announcement was made, Hal Turner has had difficulties finding a host for his website.

Hal Turner alleged that his website has been the target of denial of service attacks, and subsequently filed a pro se lawsuit.

Hal Turner went on to provide Ash's personal information, including his address.

Fourteen months later, on June 2,2009, Hal Turner posted on his blog.

The next day Turner posted information on how to find Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook and Judges Richard Posner and William J Bauer.

On June 3,2009, Hal Turner was arrested in New Jersey and charged with inciting injury to two politicians in Connecticut and a state ethics official.

Two weeks later, Hal Turner was re-arrested on June 24,2009, at his New Jersey home for making threats against the judges of the United States Court of Appeals in Chicago.

On July 28,2009, in the case of United States v Turner in Chicago, Turner pleaded not guilty to threatening to kill three federal appellate judges there and then sought his release from custody, saying he had been an informant for the FBI.

In late October 2009 Hal Turner was freed on $500,000 bond, and was ordered not to use a computer or any device that can access the Internet.

Hal Turner's trial started on November 30,2009, and ended on December 4,2009, with the defense opting not to call any witnesses.

For years, Hal Turner has engaged in a campaign of intimidation against public officials and private citizens alike.

Hal Turner continued his tactics by using intimidation against a key witness in the government's case against him.

All the while, Hal Turner has displayed defiance and no regret for his actions.

Hal Turner has committed a serious crime, engaged in witness intimidation, lied repeatedly under oath, and has shown no regret whatsoever.

Hal Turner claimed that the government "failed to substantiate the charge" and asked to be released pending the appeal.

In early February 2011, Turner appeared in a Hartford court for the Connecticut v Turner pre-trial hearing on three counts of inciting injuries to persons.

In September 2011, Turner asked Judge Carl J Schuman for permission to represent himself after disagreeing with his public defender, John Stawicki, about defense strategy.