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What Is Antifa and Why Is Donald Trump Targeting It?
Donald Trump plans to designate antifa as a domestic terrorist group and investigate its funding sources despite its decentralized nature, aiming to counter opposition to his far-right policies.
- On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he is designating Antifa a `major terrorist organization` and said investigations into funders would follow.
- Shortly after Charlie Kirk's killing last week, President Donald Trump promised to `find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity` and noted he had made similar threats years ago.
- Because Antifa has no centralized structure, legal experts and former FBI officials say the First Amendment and lack of a statutory mechanism limit the president's ability to designate it as a terror group.
- The administration could try to tie U.S. activists to foreign-designated groups or use narrow legal pathways, while President Donald Trump said he would `strongly recommend` investigations of funders of Antifa using OFAC's list of over 17,000 names.
- Civil liberties advocates including Hina Shamsi said experts warn designations raise First Amendment and due process concerns, while historians caution broad terrorist labels risk suppressing dissent.
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President Donald Trump said late Wednesday in a Truth Social post that he is designating “antifa,” a decentralized, leftist ideology adhered to by various individuals and groups, as a terrorist organization, days after raising the prospect in the wake of…
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