The New York Times that during Donald Trump鈥檚 meeting with paper鈥檚 editorial board, the president-elect was asked about the white nationalist group known as the National Policy Institute. That group held a conference blocks from the White House this past weekend, in which attendees made 鈥淪ieg Heil鈥� Nazi salutes.
Video of the group鈥檚 Saturday conference shows white nationalist Richard B. Spencer shouting 鈥淗ail Trump!鈥� and audience members extending their arms in a Nazi salute:
On Friday the group held a banquet at Italian restaurant chain Maggiano鈥檚 Little Italy in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Protesters then came to the restaurant and forced it to close. On Monday, the restaurant chain issued an apology on Facebook for hosting the event, and said it would donate Friday鈥檚 proceeds to the Washington office of the Anti-Defamation League:
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Here & Now鈥榮 Robin Young speaks with , president of Maggiano鈥檚, about the banquet and its fallout.
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