US EditionFBI struggles to answer questions about antifa designation as domestic terror group
FBI names antifa top domestic terror threat despite lacking data on its size or structure amid increased political pressure following a high-profile killing, officials said.
- On Thursday, Michael Glasheen, operations director of the FBI National Security Branch, told the House Committee on Homeland Security that antifa is the FBI's most immediate violent threat but could not specify its operations or membership.
- President Donald Trump last month designated antifa a "domestic terrorist organization" and issued a presidential memo on September 25 directing FBI‑led Joint Terrorism Task Forces to investigate, but antifa’s decentralized structure complicates enforcement.
- Glasheen acknowledged the membership picture is unsettled, saying `Well, that's very fluid` and compared it to al‑Qaeda and ISIS; he added investigations are active amid Rep. Bennie Thompson's repeated pushback.
- Observers and commentators said Glasheen's answers suggested the administration lacked a factual basis, while Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee and the Anti‑Defamation League warned the focus on antifa misdirects real threats.
- Research and past testimony show disagreement about how to classify antifa, as Michael Glasheen, selected by FBI Director Kash Patel earlier this year, faces findings that antifa violence remains lower than right-wing attacks, while Christopher Wray said in 2020 antifa is not an organization.
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