Trump Signs Order Designating "Antifa" a "Domestic Terrorist Organization"

""[Antifa] uses illegal means to organize and execute a campaign of violence and terrorism nationwide to accomplish these goals," the order states. "This campaign involves coordinated efforts to obstruct enforcement of Federal laws through armed standoffs with law enforcement, organized riots, violent assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement officers, and routine doxing of and other threats against political figures and activists.""

"The order directs the federal government to investigate and prosecute "those who fund [antifa] operations." An accompanying factsheet also emphasizes anti-ICE protests. "Antifa has engaged in armed standoffs with law enforcement, organized riots, violently assaulted ICE and other law enforcement officers, and engages in routine doxing of political figures and activists, threatening public safety," the factsheet reads. "ICE officers are now facing a 1000% increase in assaults against them," the factsheet says, a claim the administration has made numerous times without evidence."

Donald Trump designated antifa a domestic terrorist organization and ordered federal investigations and prosecutions targeting individuals and groups that fund antifa operations. The designation characterizes antifa as using illegal means to organize a nationwide campaign of violence and terrorism, including coordinated efforts to obstruct federal law enforcement through armed standoffs, organized riots, violent assaults on ICE and other officers, and routine doxing and threats against political figures and activists. A White House factsheet emphasizes anti-ICE protests and asserts a 1000% increase in assaults on ICE officers, a statistic presented by the administration without supporting evidence.

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