"The charges follow a September order from President Donald Trump labelling antifa as a domestic terrorist organisation'. Federal prosecutors in Texas have, for the first time, filed terrorism charges targeting antifa, according to Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The charges, announced on Thursday, cite United States President Donald Trump's recent designation of the far-left movement as a terrorist organisation."
"Cameron Arnold of Dallas and Zachary Evetts of Waxahachie, Texas, were charged on Wednesday with providing support to terrorists for their alleged role in the nonfatal shooting of a police officer at an immigration detention facility. Both were arrested in July with eight others and charged with attempted murder and weapons offences. None of the defendants has entered a plea in the case, court records show, but Arnold and Evetts are set to do so at an October 22 court hearing."
Federal prosecutors in Texas filed terrorism charges targeting antifa for the first time after President Donald Trump designated the movement a terrorist organisation in September. Cameron Arnold of Dallas and Zachary Evetts of Waxahachie were charged with providing support to terrorists for their alleged roles in the nonfatal shooting of a police officer at an immigration detention facility. Both were arrested in July with eight others and face attempted murder and weapons offences. Arnold and Evetts have not yet entered pleas and are scheduled to appear on October 22. Defense lawyers deny the charges and accuse prosecutors of political motivations.
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