Ill not speak for Ernie nor do I see associations with extremist hate groups. I do see Ernie associating with a bad actor who is following VV, and I have informed Ernie about this as he espouses Christian principals still. Listen, if his worldview has changed it changed overnight, his family, myself included, had no signal of this. So, my best take. There is something influencing his indifference to the conflict he's caused and allowing him to ignore many bad situations he's created and/or added to. The lure of money, power, position as posited by this Justin fellow. That's all I will say for now; the family and myself, as noted upthread, are considering a public statement. NOTE: This influence, and I believe that is what it is, is not an attempt to cover for Ernie's flagrant abuses as known or to erase other personal matters not known to the public. This is a hard issue to face, betrayal, broken trust, aberrant behavior and lack of regard and decency for others known and unknown, near and far. This has caught the family and myself and other close friends flatfooted and we are assessing the situation and how best to deal with it.