Frederick Roeber, a retired 48-year-old, said he did not like Donald Trump's comments about Muslims and Mexican immigrants during the Republican candidate's campaign against Hillary Clinton. When Trump won Tuesday's election, Roeber flew the Nazi flag on his property.

"I now understand that many people were shocked and hurt by my political statement, and I truly apologize for the distress I caused," he wrote.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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