Lucian Baxter Wintrich IV is an American artist, photographer, writer, speaker, and the former White House correspondent for far-right fake news website The Gateway Pundit.
23 Facts About Lucian Wintrich
Lucian Wintrich is the eldest son, his mother is a painter and experimental filmmaker, and his father owns a design firm.
Lucian Wintrich's paternal grandfather, Jerzy Einhorn, a Jewish medical doctor, born in Sosnowiec, Poland, served as a cavalry officer in the Polish resistance before being promoted to lieutenant colonel by the Polish Ministry of Defense.
Lucian Wintrich attended the experimental prep school Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School and then Taylor Allderdice High School.
Lucian Wintrich received his BA from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he majored in political science.
In 2013, Lucian Wintrich worked as a Digital Strategist for advertising agency Anomaly and as a promoter for New York City clubs.
Lucian Wintrich was dismissed from his position at Anomaly after his "Twinks4Trump" photo series garnered national attention.
Lucian Wintrich sued Anomaly for wrongful termination and reached an out-of-court settlement.
Lucian Wintrich gained public attention from his viral photo series "Twinks4Trump".
Lucian Wintrich primarily shot the photo series in his East Village apartment.
The day before Donald Trump's inauguration, Lucian Wintrich was named the inaugural White House correspondent for St Louis-based publication Gateway Pundit.
Lucian Wintrich said his role as a White House correspondent was twofold.
In Washington, Lucian Wintrich served as the Gateway Pundit's public face created press and news stories in other publicans for the Gateway Pundit.
Later, Lucian Wintrich appeared in a Periscope live stream where he conversed with admirers as he prepared to boil two lobsters, one of which he named for the Right Wing Watch reporter Jared Holt, who had publicized Lucian Wintrich's appearance on Fuentes's program.
On February 15,2017, Lucian Wintrich was scheduled to speak to the College Republicans at New York University, but the talk was postponed over security concerns.
On March 10,2017, Lucian Wintrich was confronted by a fellow White House correspondent, Jon Decker of Fox News in the White House Briefing Room, who loudly accused Lucian Wintrich of being a white supremacist.
Lucian Wintrich fired back at Decker, calling him a "nazi homophobe".
In May 2017, Lucian Wintrich encountered Malia Obama at the now defunct Parlor club in Soho, New York.
On November 28,2017, Lucian Wintrich was arrested after an altercation in which he, as an invited guest speaker, was lecturing at the podium, when a woman came up heckling and ultimately snatched the written copy of his speech directly from the lectern during a talk at the University of Connecticut entitled "It's OK to Be White".
In December 2017, the charges against Lucian Wintrich were dropped and the woman who took the papers, Quinebaug community college advisor Catherine Gregory, was charged with attempted sixth-degree larceny and disorderly conduct.
Lucian Wintrich stated through her attorney that she took Wintrich's speech as a form of protest.
In January 2018, it was revealed that Lucian Wintrich was close associates with Chelsea Manning.
Lucian Wintrich said that the potluck was inspired by the chickenpox parties of the 1990s.