Eugene man with white supremacist ties pleads guilty to federal hate crime

An Oregon man has pleaded guilty in federal court to a hate crime and making false statements in connection with a racially-motivated assault in Lynnwood, Washington.

U.S. Attorney Nick Brown says Randy Smith of Eugene, Oregon, pleaded guilty Tuesday and is one of four men from across the Pacific Northwest being prosecuted for punching and kicking a Black man at a bar on Dec. 8, 2018.

In his plea agreement, Smith, 42, admitted he was a member of a white supremacist support group at the time of the assault.

Smith entered the bar with other support group members and members of a higher-level white supremacist group, prosecutors said.