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White House Working to Designate Antifa as Foreign Terrorist Organization

Trump reacted favorably to the idea during a roundtable meeting last month with reporters who spoke about Antifa violence.
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White House Working to Designate Antifa as Foreign Terrorist Organization
Antifa members gather to demonstrate following the announcement of the results of the first round of the presidential election, in Nantes, France, on April 23, 2017. Jean-sebastien Evrard/AFP via Getty Images
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to designate far-left extremist group Antifa as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

“That process is most definitely taking place. I don’t have any announcements for you on that today, but I can certainly assure you the administration is working on it,” Leavitt said during a Nov. 4 press briefing.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.