Matthew Q. Gebert

Matthew Q. Gebert (born c. 1981)

Personal life, career, and education

Matthew Gebert is the oldest of two brothers and one sister in his family, and he and Michael grew up in New Jersey. He graduated from Sterling High School in Somerdale, New Jersey. According to his brother, Matthew listened to hip hop, including the rap group Wu-Tang Clan. Voted by his class as "Most Likely to Succeed", Gebert had earlier participated in a student exchange program in Ukraine. In 2001 he had participated in a study program in Moscow that was sponsored by American University. There he met his future wife, Anna Vuckovic, a Serbian-American student abroad in a study program of Northwestern University. Gebert also took other opportunities later for travel in Eastern Europe. leading a Washington, D.C.-area fan club of a neo-fascist podcast called "The Right Stuff." He uses the online pseudonym "Coach Finstock", in addition to several others.

Gebert attended the May 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

In a podcast called "The Fatherland" in May 2018, Gebert was quoted as saying: "...[whites] need a country of our own with nukes, and we will retake this thing lickety split." In 2018, Gebert donated $200 to white supremacist Paul Nehlen's election campaign. In 2019, he shared an image of a swastika-shaped cookie with the caption: "From our pool party last night. Plate was stacked." The cookies were saved for special guests.

On July 2, 2019, Matthew Gebert's brother reported him to the FBI because: "I saw so much evil in my brother, I could not fucking deal with it". Following an investigation, as of August 8, 2019, Gebert was placed on leave from the State Department. The State Department officially revoked his security clearance in July 2020, ending his government career. Gebert filed a lawsuit against the DoS demanding financial reparations and restoration of his security credentials in 2024. In March of that year, the U.S. District Court of Washington, DC dismissed all of Gebert's claims for good. (https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2022cv2939-47)