[12] On February 16, 2017, Sepulvado received a subpoena from federal prosecutors to testify about an interview he conducted with Ryan Bundy, one of the leaders of the group that occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

[15] Sepulvado covered rallies organized by alt-right and white nationalist groups in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2017, including coverage of Identity Evropa founder Nathan Damigo.

[20] Sepulvado covered the prison riots in Northern Ireland organized by jailed provisional Irish Republican Army members in 2011 for the German news outlet Deutsche Welle.

[22] The next day, he told Politico that he had signed a deal with Turner Broadcasting to produce podcasts, and would be doing humanitarian work along the United States-Mexico border.

[24] Sepulvado grew up in Lemon Grove in eastern San Diego County, and spent his high school years in foster care.