Matthew Bracken

Matthew J. Bracken (born 1957) is an American writer and novelist, and former U.S. Navy SEAL He is a frequent guest and occasional guest host on Alex Jones' InfoWars show.

SEAL service and background Bracken was born in Baltimore, and earned a degree in Russian studies from the University of Virginia in 1979. He was commissioned to the US Navy in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program, and graduated from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training class 105 in Coronado, California. He served on Underwater Demolition Team UDT/Seal teams on the east coast, and detached with the Naval Special Warfare to Beirut in 1983. Bracken left active duty after Lebanon, but remained in active reserve status through the 1980s. He served on Seal Team 2 and Seal Team 4.

In 1991, Bracken protested outside the White House for days against Operation Desert Storm. He is also a boatbuilder and sailor, Bracken self-published his first novel, Enemies, Foreign and Domestic in 2003, the first in a trilogy of political thrillers. In 2012, Bracken released the book for free at Amazon Kindle, which after being heavily promoted on social media briefly made it the most downloaded free Kindle book on Amazon. His second novel, Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista from 2006 revolves around the Reconquista or Aztlán theory, while his third novel, Foreign Enemies And Traitors from 2009 features a corrupt president who invites foreign mercenaries to U.S. soil.

It has been said that his books can be "worked into ongoing conspiracy theories", as "fictionalized version of conspiracy theories and beliefs that circulate on the far-right". Bracken and Rhodes later appeared on Alex Jones' InfoWars show together in 2019 following the Christchurch mosque shootings, where the three according to the Southern Poverty Law Center—while condemning the violence, agreed with the terrorist's motives, while "lamenting how the massacre was going to be used to blame white men and to further a nefarious plot to confiscate firearms and ignite a civil war".

After the Quebec City mosque shooting in 2017, Bracken appeared on InfoWars and laid out a conspiracy theory that it was a false flag attack carried out by militant Islamists in order to blame Trump supporters, orchestrated by George Soros, claiming that detainee Mohamed Belkadhir had radicalized perpetrator Alexandre Bissonnette as an Islamic terrorist.

In December 2020, Bracken appeared again on InfoWars as a guest host, where he told viewers that "We're going to only be saved by millions of Americans moving to Washington, occupying the entire area, if—if necessary storming right into the Capitol". He also stated "We know the rules of engagement. If you have enough people, you can push down any kind of a fence or a wall". The comments were also included in the January 6th Report, and was shown as part of a video segment during the seventh hearing by the committee.