THE ALI FILES: #7, ‘NICHOLAS’, 15

THE ALI FILES: #7, ‘NICHOLAS’, 15

‘Nicholas’ was 15 years old when Ali Alexander Akbar asked him for sexually explicit photographs. An impressionable and inexperienced minor, Nicholas reasoned that this was “just how people get into politics.” Although he was, and is, heterosexual, he sent Akbar several images, a number of which constitute child pornography. “It seemed, you know, like Harvey Weinstein,” he now says. “Sort of transactional.”

Although Akbar insisted on using the encrypted Signal app for the majority of their interactions, Snapchat messages have survived which show Ali, informed that Nicholas was 15, nonetheless offering to buy the boy alcohol, enquiring how best to send him gifts without his parents’ knowledge, and demanding “jack-off material.”

Conversation records show Akbar calling Nicholas his “puppy.” He asks repeatedly when they might meet in person for sex. He also dangled career opportunities and introductions, none of which ever materialized.

Nicholas, who is now 21 years old and a high-profile America First supporter, confirmed their veracity and the facts of our story, including his age at the time the offenses were committed.

For six years, Nicholas has remained silent, fearing retribution from Ali Alexander Akbar, threatened by Ali’s demands for obedience and attention, and in particular by references Ali made to actions he could take that would “make your family go wtf.”

There is no statute of limitations on offenses of this nature in Texas, where Akbar was living at the time, nor in Colorado, where Nicholas resided. Emboldened by THE ALI FILES, Nicholas has resolved to file a police report.