In a recent X livestream, former Daily Wire host Candace Owens made inflammatory statements about the origins of Israel and alleged criminal activities tied to a group she referred to as a “cult” of pedophiles. Owens claimed that this group, which she linked to the early Jewish sect of the Frankists, founded Israel and was involved in heinous crimes against European Christians during Passover.

Owens asserted that the Frankists, followers of Jacob Frank, were not true Jews but impostors who engaged in various criminal acts, including ritual murders and pedophilia. She further claimed that Leo Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent wrongfully convicted of the 1913 rape and murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, was both a Frankist and related to Jacob Frank. According to Owens, Phagan’s murder was part of a ritualistic event timed with Passover, and she accused Frankists of targeting Christians during this Jewish holiday.

Historical records suggest that Leo Frank was likely innocent,...