{"id":58976,"date":"2025-05-23T15:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T22:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T22:46:04","slug":"commander-butcher-extradited-from-moldova-for-allegedly-soliciting-hate-crimes-including-poisoning-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Commander Butcher&#8221; Extradited from Moldova for Allegedly Soliciting Hate Crimes, including Poisoning People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"35\" data-end=\"415\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14844 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"La Cosa Nostra Convicted Felon Admits to Drug, Prostitution and Weapons Charges\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/FBI-Logo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, a Georgian national also known as &#8220;Mishka,&#8221; &#8220;Michael,&#8221; &#8220;Commander Butcher,&#8221; and &#8220;Butcher,&#8221; was extradited from Moldova to the U.S. on May 22 and will be arraigned today in Brooklyn federal court. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"35\" data-end=\"415\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Arrested in Chi\u0219in\u0103u in July 2024, Chkhikvishvili faces a four-count indictment in New York\u2019s Eastern District for soliciting hate crimes and mass violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"\" data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"654\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-speechifyplaybackhighlighter-highlight=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Prosecutors allege he is a leader of the Maniac Murder Cult\u2014an international, racially motivated extremist group\u2014accused of recruiting followers and plotting a mass casualty attack in New York City to advance the cult\u2019s violent ideology.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex basis-auto flex-col -mb-(--composer-overlap-px) [--composer-overlap-px:24px] grow overflow-hidden\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"relative h-full\">\n<div class=\"flex h-full flex-col overflow-y-auto [scrollbar-gutter:stable_both-edges] @[84rem]\/thread:pt-(--header-height)\">\n<div class=\"@thread-xl\/thread:pt-header-height mt-1.5 flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-4\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"1ddf3ce6-3ee1-461b-a908-5c6c19560bcb\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"460\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Michail Chkhikvishvili, known by aliases including &#8220;Mishka&#8221; and &#8220;Commander Butcher,&#8221; is a leader of the Maniac Murder Cult (MKY), a violent, neo-Nazi accelerationist group that promotes terrorism and racial hatred. MKY advocates for the collapse of social order through violence and has members in the U.S. and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Georgian national accused of planning mass casualty attack in NYC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hmVHX0yXDb0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"460\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cAs alleged, the defendant, a white supremacist, recruited others to participate in a violent campaign of hatred against racial minorities and the Jewish community and to engage in the mass killing of children and others in these communities using poison, suicide bombs, firearms, arson fires, and vehicle explosions. Today\u2019s extradition is a giant step forward in holding the defendant accountable for his unspeakably reprehensible and vile efforts to spread fear, chaos, and hate,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella Jr. for the Eastern District of New York. \u201cProtecting our homeland, city, district, and country from violent extremists will always be one of the top priorities of the Justice Department and my office.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"819\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Since 2021, Chkhikvishvili has circulated a manifesto titled the <em data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"545\">Hater\u2019s Handbook<\/em>, which calls for mass violence, including school shootings, suicide bombings using children, and vehicle attacks at crowded public events. <\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"819\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In the handbook, he claims to have \u201cmurdered for the white race\u201d and encourages \u201cethnic cleansing,\u201d particularly in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"1095\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In June 2022, he traveled to Brooklyn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"1095\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">By July, he was actively using Telegram to incite violence, recruit followers, and conspire with leaders of other extremist groups. Unbeknownst to him, one of his contacts was an undercover FBI agent (UC) posing as a potential recruit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1588\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In September 2023, Chkhikvishvili told the UC that MKY applicants were expected to submit videos of beatings, arson, or murder. He suggested poisoning and arson as preferred methods and pushed for a mass murder targeting &#8220;low race targets.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1097\" data-end=\"1588\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">By November, he was providing the UC with bomb-making instructions and Molotov cocktail guides. He also plotted a New Year&#8217;s Eve mass casualty attack in New York City involving a person dressed as Santa Claus handing out poisoned candy to minorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1590\" data-end=\"1995\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In January 2024, he refined the plan, instructing the UC to target Jewish schools and children in Brooklyn. He provided manuals on making poisons and gases, including ricin, and shared extremist materials from jihadist groups such as ISIS. He said the attack should surpass the scale of the 2011 massacre by Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik and claimed to have already committed hate crimes in Brooklyn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2255\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Chkhikvishvili\u2019s radicalization efforts have had deadly consequences. <\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2255\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In August 2024, an attacker in Turkey livestreamed a stabbing spree outside a mosque while wearing Nazi insignia and referencing Chkhikvishvili and the <em data-start=\"2219\" data-end=\"2237\">Hater\u2019s Handbook<\/em> in his manifesto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2257\" data-end=\"2485\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">If convicted, Chkhikvishvili faces up to 50 years in prison: 20 years for soliciting violent felonies, 5 years for conspiracy, 20 years for distributing bomb- and poison-making instructions, and 5 years for transmitting threats. <\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2257\" data-end=\"2485\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2487\" data-end=\"2567\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The case is being investigated by the FBI\u2019s New York Joint Terrorism Task Force.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\">\n<div class=\"touch:-me-2 touch:-ms-3.5 -ms-2.5 -me-1 flex items-center p-1 select-none -mt-1 duration-[1.5s] focus-within:transition-none hover:transition-none pointer-events-none [mask-image:linear-gradient(to_right,black_33%,transparent_66%)] [mask-size:300%_100%] [mask-position:100%_0%] motion-safe:transition-[mask-position] group-hover\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-hover\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] group-focus-within\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-focus-within\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] has-data-[state=open]:pointer-events-auto has-data-[state=open]:[mask-position:0_0]\"><button class=\"text-token-text-secondary hover:bg-token-main-surface-secondary rounded-lg\" aria-label=\"Copy\" data-testid=\"copy-turn-action-button\" data-state=\"closed\"><\/button><button class=\"text-token-text-secondary hover:bg-token-main-surface-secondary rounded-lg\" aria-label=\"Good response\" data-testid=\"good-response-turn-action-button\" data-state=\"closed\"><\/button><button class=\"text-token-text-secondary hover:bg-token-main-surface-secondary rounded-lg\" aria-label=\"Bad response\" data-testid=\"bad-response-turn-action-button\" data-state=\"closed\"><\/button><button class=\"text-token-text-secondary hover:bg-token-main-surface-secondary rounded-lg\" aria-label=\"Read aloud\" data-testid=\"voice-play-turn-action-button\" data-state=\"closed\"><\/button><button class=\"text-token-text-secondary hover:bg-token-main-surface-secondary rounded-lg\" aria-label=\"Edit in canvas\" data-state=\"closed\"><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex items-center pb-0\"><span class=\"overflow-hidden text-sm text-clip whitespace-nowrap\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">4o<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"thread-bottom-container\" class=\"isolate z-3 w-full basis-auto has-data-has-thread-error:pt-2 has-data-has-thread-error:[box-shadow:var(--sharp-edge-bottom-shadow)] md:border-transparent md:pt-0 dark:border-white\/20 md:dark:border-transparent flex flex-col\">\n<div id=\"thread-bottom\">\n<div class=\"text-base mx-auto [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6\">\n<div class=\"flex justify-center empty:hidden\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"max-xs:[--force-hide-label:none] relative z-1 flex h-full max-w-full flex-1 flex-col\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"radix-\u00abR34ip9t9jm595j5\u00bb\" data-state=\"closed\">\n<div class=\"absolute start-0 end-0 bottom-full z-20\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<form class=\"w-full [view-transition-name:var(--vt-composer)]\" data-type=\"unified-composer\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full cursor-text flex-col items-center justify-center rounded-[28px] bg-clip-padding contain-inline-size overflow-clip shadow-short bg-token-bg-primary dark:bg-[#303030]\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full items-end px-3 py-3\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-auto flex-col\">\n<div class=\"relative ms-1.5 grid grid-cols-[auto_minmax(0,1fr)]\">\n<div class=\"items-top flex justify-center\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, a Georgian national also known as &#8220;Mishka,&#8221; &#8220;Michael,&#8221; &#8220;Commander Butcher,&#8221; and &#8220;Butcher,&#8221; was extradited from Moldova to the U.S. on May 22 and will be arraigned today in Brooklyn&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Commander Butcher&quot; Extradited from Moldova for Allegedly Soliciting Hate Crimes, including Poisoning People<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, a Georgian national also known as &quot;Mishka,&quot; &quot;Michael,&quot; &quot;Commander Butcher,&quot; and &quot;Butcher,&quot; was extradited from Moldova to the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Commander Butcher&quot; Extradited from Moldova for Allegedly Soliciting Hate Crimes, including Poisoning People\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, a Georgian national also known as &quot;Mishka,&quot; &quot;Michael,&quot; &quot;Commander Butcher,&quot; and &quot;Butcher,&quot; was extradited from Moldova to the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Justice Notebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-23T22:46:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Raul\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\"},\"headline\":\"&#8220;Commander Butcher&#8221; Extradited from Moldova for Allegedly Soliciting Hate Crimes, including Poisoning People\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-23T22:46:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976\"},\"wordCount\":606,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"American Justice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976\",\"name\":\"\\\"Commander Butcher\\\" Extradited from Moldova for Allegedly Soliciting Hate Crimes, including Poisoning People\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-23T22:46:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, a Georgian national also known as \\\"Mishka,\\\" \\\"Michael,\\\" \\\"Commander Butcher,\\\" and \\\"Butcher,\\\" was extradited from Moldova to the\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=58976#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"tufted black chairs inside building with no people\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"description\":\"&quot;Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.&quot; \u2014  Thomas Jefferson\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"width\":675,\"height\":231,\"caption\":\"American Justice Notebook\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\",\"name\":\"Raul\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Raul\"},\"description\":\"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"Commander Butcher\" Extradited from Moldova for Allegedly Soliciting Hate Crimes, including Poisoning People","description":"Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, a Georgian national also known as \"Mishka,\" \"Michael,\" \"Commander Butcher,\" and \"Butcher,\" was extradited from Moldova to the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"Commander Butcher\" Extradited from Moldova for Allegedly Soliciting Hate Crimes, including Poisoning People","og_description":"Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, a Georgian national also known as \"Mishka,\" \"Michael,\" \"Commander Butcher,\" and \"Butcher,\" was extradited from Moldova to the","og_url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976","og_site_name":"American Justice Notebook","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook","article_published_time":"2025-05-23T22:46:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Raul","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Raul","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976"},"author":{"name":"Raul","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0"},"headline":"&#8220;Commander Butcher&#8221; Extradited from Moldova for Allegedly Soliciting Hate Crimes, including Poisoning People","datePublished":"2025-05-23T22:46:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976"},"wordCount":606,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg","articleSection":["American Justice"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976","name":"\"Commander Butcher\" Extradited from Moldova for Allegedly Soliciting Hate Crimes, including Poisoning People","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-23T22:46:04+00:00","description":"Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, a Georgian national also known as \"Mishka,\" \"Michael,\" \"Commander Butcher,\" and \"Butcher,\" was extradited from Moldova to the","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=58976#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg","width":900,"height":1200,"caption":"tufted black chairs inside building with no people"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","name":"American Justice Notebook","description":"&quot;Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.&quot; \u2014  Thomas Jefferson","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization","name":"American Justice Notebook","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","width":675,"height":231,"caption":"American Justice Notebook"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0","name":"Raul","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","caption":"Raul"},"description":"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.","sameAs":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58977,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58976\/revisions\/58977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}