Trump targets "radical left" in "organized political violence" memo

"It directs administration officials to "allocate funding for law enforcement partners to detect, prevent, and protect against threats arising from this area," per the memo. Attorney General Pam Bondi is directed to "issue specific guidance that ensures domestic terrorism priorities include politically motivated terrorist acts such as organized doxing campaigns, swatting, rioting, looting, trespass, assault, destruction of property, threats of violence, and civil disorder," the memo says."

"Meanwhile, the Internal Revenue Service commissioner is directed to"ensure that no tax-exempt entities are directly or indirectly financing political violence or domestic terrorism." The commissioner is also tasked with ensuring that the IRS "refers such organizations, and the employees and officers of such organizations, to the Department of Justice for investigation and possible prosecution," the memo says. What he's saying: Trump told reporters the aim of his action was to target "the funders of a lot" of the groups he believes are behind such acts."

A presidential memo directs administration officials to allocate funding for law enforcement partners to detect, prevent, and protect against threats from this area. Attorney General Pam Bondi must issue guidance ensuring domestic terrorism priorities include politically motivated acts such as organized doxing, swatting, rioting, looting, trespass, assault, destruction of property, threats of violence, and civil disorder. The IRS commissioner must ensure tax-exempt entities are not directly or indirectly financing political violence and must refer such organizations and their officers to the Department of Justice for potential investigation and prosecution. The ACLU described the action as part of a larger pattern of abusing power to target critics. The president said the aim is to target funders, naming Soros and Reid Hoffman among reported names.

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