President Donald Trump mentioned Monday he’d take into account naming far-left anti-fascism group Antifa as home terrorists, previewing a plan to crack down on what he’s solid as a widespread community of left-wing radicals inciting violence.
“It’s something I would do, yeah,” he mentioned when requested whether or not he would assign a home terrorism label to Antifa, saying he would proceed if he discovered assist from Cabinet officers and the Justice Department.
It wasn’t clear who or what precisely Trump would designate; Antifa is a loosely organized motion and not using a distinct chief, membership lists or construction.
His feedback come as a number of administration officers have signaled within the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination that they’ll be concentrating on what they declare is a coordinated left-wing effort to incite violence. So far, no proof has publicly emerged that the alleged murderer was working as half of a bigger, coordinated effort.
But the president appeared intent on concentrating on left-wing groups whose exercise he claims has led to violence.
“Antifa is terrible. There are other groups,” he mentioned within the Oval Office. “We have some pretty radical groups, and they got away with murder,” he added with out citing any proof or elaborating.
Trump additionally mentioned he’d been discussing with Attorney General Pam Bondi the prospect of bringing racketeering costs in opposition to left-wing groups that he claimed have been funding left-wing agitators.
“I’ve asked Pam to look into that in terms of RICO, bringing RICO cases,” he mentioned, including: “They should be put in jail, what they’re doing to this country is really subversive.”
This is a growing story and might be up to date.