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Antifa activist facing assault charges for attacking 2 U.S. Marines was tied to Dem policymakers, including @RepMaxineWaters and @SenSherrodBrown fxn.ws/2SrzEef #FoxNews

"God is on our side," If you see a member of the Trump cabinet, Push back... Tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere!" said Maxine at a "Keep Families Together" protest against family separation at the border (something Dems clearly, from their record, don't care abt)

But while Democratic officials are distancing themselves from Alcoff now, until recently he was a well-connected, aspiring political player in Washington who may have even had a hand in key policy proposals.

His endorsement apparently mattered when several congressional Democrats in February 2018 issued press releases with his quote backing their bill on regulating payday lenders.

He was pictured in a tweet with now-House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman @MaxineWaters, and ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee @SenSherrodBrown. Both committees oversee financial regulatory policies Alcoff was advocating.

Alcoff met with then CFPB Director Richard Cordray and other senior CFPB officials on April 2016, again in March 2017 and a third time in May 2017.

During this time, he reportedly was an Antifa leader in Washington.

Alcoff’s former employer had little to say about the matter.

“As of December, Mr. Alcoff no longer works for AFR,” Carter Dougherty, spokesman for Americans for Financial Reform, told Fox News in an email.

Dougherty didn’t answer whether Alcoff had been fired or resigned. He also didn’t answer whether the organization was aware of Alcoff’s associations during his employment.

Alcoff was reportedly an organizer for Smash Racism DC, the group responsible for gathering & shouting threats outside the home of Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Nov. and for heckling Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and his wife Heidi at a Washington restaurant in Sept. (Thanks Maxine)

Democrats are hardly eager to be associated with Alcoff now. Most spokespersons for Democratic members of Congress did not respond to inquiries from Fox News, or distanced themselves from Alcoff.

In one appearance, Alcoff dressed up as “Lenny the Loan Shark” at an event last March held outside the CFPB headquarters, which featured @RepDonBeyer, D-Va.

“The congressman has never interacted with him nor has he taken any financial policy advice from him. Their names have appeared on the same piece of paper,” Beyer spokesman Aaron Fritschner told Fox News.

“He appeared at the same press conference, but they didn’t speak to each other. This person was literally wearing a shark outfit.”

In August, Alcoff was a guest on the @HouseDemocrats' Joint Economic Committee podcast, criticizing the decline of the CFPB under the Trump administration.