US Uncovering Financial Networks Behind Domestic Terrorism, Bessent Says

Trump earlier signed a memorandum instructing the Treasury secretary to identify and disrupt such funding channels.
US Uncovering Financial Networks Behind Domestic Terrorism, Bessent Says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a press conference at government quarters Rosenbad after the trade talks between the United States and China concluded, in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 29, 2025. Magnus Lejhall/TT News Agency/via Reuters
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The United States is in the process of compiling a list of organizations, including nonprofits, that could be funding domestic terror activities, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an Oct. 14 interview on “The Charlie Kirk Show.”

“We believe people have a right to free speech. They have a right to organize. They have a right to protest. But they have to do it peacefully. They cannot embrace violence. And we have seen it, we have seen it since the terrible day two years ago, the anti-Semitism and the bias that came out after October 7th, 2023. And many of these organizations have been financed by nonprofits. And it’s going to stop. And we are going to, as they always say, follow the money,” he said in the interview, responding to a question regarding financial networks supporting radical left violent groups.

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