The High Points:
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Attorney Gary Proctor criticized the Department of Justice for “deadnaming” transgender cult leader Jack “Ziz” LaSota and using male pronouns in the federal indictment.
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LaSota, leader of the “Zizians,” is charged with weapons possession as a fugitive and is linked — along with cult members — to multiple murders and serious crimes across several states.
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Despite ongoing legal controversy over pronouns, LaSota and two cult associates remain held without bond after being caught squatting in trucks filled with weapons.
This story is one of those moments where modern culture meets hard reality and the collision is almost too absurd to process. You’ve got a transgender cult leader tied to a string of violent crimes, arrests, and a bizarre traveling circus of white box trucks loaded with weapons — and the big legal complaint isn’t about evidence or due process, but about pronouns in the indictment. It’s surreal. Proctor’s argument might play well on social media, but the DOJ isn’t exactly in the habit of workshopping gender language when dealing with fugitives, firearms, and murder investigations.
What stands out is how chaotic the entire Zizian saga is: cross-state arrests, cult followers wrapped up in homicide cases, and leaders squatting on private property like it’s a campground. The ideological side of this group isn’t even coherent. It’s a reminder that sometimes the strangest, darkest stories don’t come from fiction — they show up in the daily court docket.
From Western Journal:
Transgender cult leader Jack LaSota’s lawyer scolded the Department of Justice on Wednesday for using his “deadname” and “male pronouns” in his grand jury indictment.
Attorney Gary Proctor raised the issue in a court motion demanding a speedy trial after the Justice Department charged LaSota in Maryland with possessing firearms and ammunition as a fugitive from justice.
LaSota, referred to as “Ziz” in court records, was leading a cult called the “Zizians” prior to his Feb. 16 arrest. The followers of the cult are charged with murders and other crimes.
“In the indictment the Government uses Defendant’s ‘deadname’ of Jack LaSota,” Proctor wrote — attaching a link to a USA Today article titled, “‘A Matter of Physical Safety’: What It Means to Deadname Someone and the Impact it Makes.”
JUST IN: Three members linked to a transgender cult known as the “Zizians”, including their leader Jack “Ziz” LaSota, were arrested in Maryland after they were caught trespassing on private property.
The “Zizians” are closely tied to multiple murders across the country, including the alleged killing of US border agent David Maland by two other cult members last month.
JUST IN: Three members linked to a transgender cult known as the “Zizians”, including their leader Jack “Ziz” LaSota, were arrested in Maryland after they were caught trespassing on private property.
The “Zizians” are closely tied to multiple murders across the country,… pic.twitter.com/f1rZiZ8KGC
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 18, 2025
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland declined to comment to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
LaSota and two co-defendants were arrested for squatting on a resident’s property inside two white box trucks filled with weapons, according to court records. The homeowner who called the police said they asked him if they could camp there for a month.
The activist was previously arrested at a Pennsylvania hotel in 2023 for allegedly obstructing police from investigating another Zizian in the murder of her parents, the Associated Press reported. LaSota’s Pennsylvania case is “inactive” while his Maryland one proceeds, court records show.
The other Zizian, Michelle Zajko, was not charged with the murders and claimed in March that LaSota was “in the wrong place at the wrong time,” according to the Associated Press.
“The Government also doubles down on offensively labeling Ms. LaSota by using male pronouns such as ‘he was a fugitive from justice,’” Proctor complained. “It is well known, and widely reported, that Ms. LaSota is transgender.”
The Zizians’ ideological goals, if any, are unclear. LaSota once wrote a blog discussing “punching Nazis,” veganism, and being transgender, among other topics, the Daily Caller News Foundation previously reported.
LaSota, Zajko, and the third Maryland defendant, Daniel Blank, are being held without bond over the February box trucks incident.