Rubio: Designating Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization ‘in the Works’

Rubio said there could be legal challenges behind such a designation.

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood top figure Mohamed al-Beltagy flashes the four-finger symbol known as "Rabaa" from behind the defendant's cage as the judge reads out the verdict sentencing him and more than 100 other defendants, at the police academy in Cairo on May 16, 2015. Khaled Desouki /AFP/Getty Images

The U.S. designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization is “in the works,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Aug. 12 in an interview with radio host Sid Rosenberg.

Rosenberg asked Rubio, “I got to ask you: Why wouldn’t you guys designate the Muslim Brotherhood and [the Council on American–Islamic Relations]?”