New Zealand citizen and Facebook board member Peter Thiel dined with a member of the "white nationalist racist fringe" in 2016, Buzzfeed says.
The publication reproduced emails, apparently between Thiel and Kevin DeAnna - whom it describes as "an influential white nationalist who has written under a number of pseudonyms" - that indicate they were at a dinner together, along with other "alt-right" figures, in July 2016, just as Thiel was ramping up support for Donald Trump's election campaign.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Centre, DeAnna has previously written about the creation of an "ethnostate" or "the great dream of the White Republic."
The day after the dinner - July 30, 2016 - Thiel emailed DeAnna, according to Buzzfeed: "Kevin – really enjoyed meeting you last night. I may be in DC towards the end of September, and let me know [if you] make it to SF anytime! - Peter."