"Environmental group Extinction Rebellion has said that climate change activists associated with the group are being investigated by the Trump administration, which is also openly working to roll back environmental protections in the United States. The group's New York chapter said that at least seven of its activists have been visited by FBI agents since Trump's second term began last year, including one person who had two special agents from the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force come to their home on February 6."
"The Department of Justice also opened an investigation into the environmental group Climate Defiance earlier this month in response to what Extinction Rebellion said was a viral peaceful protest. Trump is weaponising the DOJ to attack peaceful protesters in order to appease a multi-trillion dollar fossil fuel industry that got him elected, Extinction Rebellion's New York chapter said in a statement shared on Instagram. We can only assume that they are feeling threatened by our movement, the statement added."
Extinction Rebellion activists in New York have been visited by FBI agents, with at least seven visits reported since the start of Trump's second term and one home visit by two Joint Terrorism Task Force agents on February 6. The Department of Justice opened an investigation into Climate Defiance after a viral peaceful protest. Extinction Rebellion accuses the administration of weaponising the DOJ to target peaceful protesters to appease the fossil fuel industry. Extinction Rebellion is a decentralized, international, politically non-partisan movement using non-violent direct action and civil disobedience; it has targeted transport networks and attracted figures such as Greta Thunberg.
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