India, Sept. 5 -- Ryan Fournier, the co-founder of Students for Trump and a prominent conservative activist, is facing a seven-count indictment in Washington, DC, after prosecutors accused him of assaulting his girlfriend, making threats and attempting to influence witnesses. The allegations, detailed in a September 1 court filing, include claims from a former girlfriend dating back several years.

Fournier, 30, co-founded Students for Trump in 2015 while he was a student at Campbell University. The group grew into a network with about 350 chapters, according to the report. He has also built a following of roughly one million people on X and has been involved in youth advocacy supporting Donald Trump since 2016.

Fournier has pleaded not ...