Ryan Fournier, the co-founder of Students for Trump, was arrested in North Carolina last week on accusations that he struck a woman in the head with a handgun, records show.
Fournier, 27, allegedly grabbed the woman by her right arm and struck her in the forehead with a 9MM Sig Sauer P229 pistol, according to the Johnson County magistrate.
The victim – identified by Axios as Fournier’s girlfriend – suffered a minor injury in the alleged attack.
Fournier was taken into custody on Nov. 21 and faces two misdemeanor charges of assault on a female and assault with a deadly weapon.
He was released on a $2,500 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 18.
Fournier co-founded the youth political group during former President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign when he was a student at Campbell University.
Fournier co-founded the pro-Trump student group in 2016. X / @RyanAFournierTrump headlined a Students for Trump event at a Phoenix, Ariz. megachurch in June 2020.
Fournier now leads a group called Radical Alert, which proclaims to be “exposing” hate that has “taken over American college campuses.”
Fournier was charged with two misdemeanors over the alleged assault. X / @RyanAFournierHe did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
John Lambert, who co-founded Students for Trump with Fournier, was sentenced to 13 months in prison in May 2021 for posing as a lawyer to steal money from his victims.
Lambert pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was ordered to forfeit over $46,000 and pay more than $21,000 in restitution to his victims.
