President Trump tweeted Sunday morning May 31, 2020 that the group called Antifa (Short for Anti-fascist) “will” be declared a domestic terrorist group. Key phrase “will be.” This means we will wait when it’s actually declared. If he does, the Patriot Act passed in 2001 will be the guiding law in the enhanced surveilling, apprehending and ultimately eliminating such groups.
There is already pushback on the announcement. CNN reporting that experts claim unconstitutionality of such declaration. However, the article by Evan Perez and Jason Hoffman does not name the current and former officials they are crediting for their article. The only positive identification in their article is of the ACLU and it’s National Security Project Director, Hina Shamsi. Director Shamsi says there is “no legal authority for designating a domestic group” as a terrorist organization.
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