Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed federal law enforcement agents on Thursday to form a list of Antifa groups for potential prosecution, according to multiple reports.
Bondi’s order is part of a broader counterterrorism plan after President Donald Trump’s directives targeting the Antifa movement and organized political violence, Reuters and Bloomberg Law reported, citing a Thursday memo from Bondi. The FBI must provide within 30 days a list of groups “engaged in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism” along with strategies to disrupt them, with an emphasis on left-wing extremists, the memo reportedly says.
“These domestic terrorists use violence or the threat of violence to advance political and social agendas, including opposition to law and immigration enforcement; extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders; adherence to radical gender ideology, anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, or anti-Christianity,” Bondi wrote, according to Reuters. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, comprised of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, “shall prioritize the investigation of such conduct,” Bondi reportedly said.
The Trump appointee also told the bureau to work with state and local law enforcement partners to form the list of extremist groups, Bloomberg Law reported.
Bondi’s memo directs law enforcement agencies to unearth whatever intelligence files they have on Antifa groups for investigators and to investigate unsolved domestic terrorism incidents over the past five years, Reuters and Bloomberg Law reported. The incidents may include the “doxxing” of law enforcement officers’ personal information and threats against Supreme Court justices.
The FBI must also streamline its tip line to allow members of the public to “send media” on suspected domestic terrorism, the memo says, according to Reuters.
Bondi also reportedly told federal grant-making offices to prioritize funding states and localities with anti-domestic terrorism programs.
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