Grifters gotta grift: Talcum X edition
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Later, Natalie’s father Uri told The Daily Beast that her brother, Ben, had been in contact with King—but he still distanced the clan from the activist.
“We reached out to many people far and wide to bring Natalie and Judith to safety. We are not affiliated with Mr. King,” he said. “Ben, my son was talking with him without anybody in the family knowing about it until today. Our family in Israel posted this statement denying we knew him, before we learned about Ben talking to him. We have nothing further to say.”
King—whose fundraising efforts and ambitious promises have been questioned by critics in the past—immediately fired back after being called a liar.
“I spoke directly and repeatedly with this family. I have a job, career, and family. I would be throwing everything away to make such a thing up,” King told The Daily Beast by email Saturday. “Thankfully I kept records of all of them.”
King posted a slew of screenshots of messages between himself and Ben that indicate Ben sought his help because he believed he had Palestinian contacts.
King also indicated that he had recorded all conversations with Ben “for my own protection,” though it’s not clear if Ben knew he was being taped.
Ben did not respond to questions about his interactions with King or King’s public pronouncements. At one point in their correspondence, Ben asked King to remove a comment he left on one of King’s posts because he was getting death threats—and he also told King he was muting his feed because it was too difficult to see the stream of photos of Judith and Natalie.
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Tried to pull a Farra-con.
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Seems like a stupid guy. Glad I have no idea who he is.
