'Students for Trump' founder charged with hitting his girlfriend with a gun

A founder of “Students for Trump” was arrested last week on charges that he hit his girlfriend in the head with a gun, according to court records and reports.

Ryan Fournier, 27, was arrested on misdemeanor charges in Johnston County, North Carolina, on Nov. 21, according to a Magistrate’s order on public record and Axios.

Fournier is the name of the co-founder of Students for Trump, a political group created ahead of the 2016 presidential election. According to his X profile, Fournier now executive director of the group Radical Alert.

“Radicals have taken over American college campuses,” Fournier writes of the group on LinkedIn. “They suppress freedom of speech and spread hate. Radical Alert is watching and exposing them.”

The birthday listed on his X bio matches that on the Magistrate’s order: Dec. 8, 1994.

Fournier stands accused of grabbing his girlfriend’s arm and striking her in the forehead with a 9mm Sauer pistol, according to the court order.

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The North Carolina resident posted a $2,500 bond, waived his right to a lawyer, and is slated to return to court on Dec. 18, according to Axios and court records.

Axios reached out to Fournier for comment, but did not receive an immediate reply.

The charges levied against Fournier are assault with a deadly weapon and assault of a female.

His fellow Students for Trump founder John Lambert was arrested in 2019 on charges that he impersonated an attorney to bilk clients for fake services, Raw Story reported at the time.