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A Neo-Nazi who plotted to have someone dressed as Santa hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children pleaded guilty to two federal crimes

Michail Chkhikvishvili pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes in the Eastern District of New York

Chkhikvishvili was a leader in a violent racist extremist group known as the Maniac Murder Cult

A Neo-Nazi nicknamed "Commander Butcher" who recruited others to hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes.

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national, was a leader in the Maniac Murder Cult, an extremist group, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York said.

According to prosecutors, Chkhikvishvili "recruited people to commit violent acts in furtherance of Maniac Murder

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