"Yesterday, the guy in charge of FBI's National Security Branch, Michael Glasheen, exhibited the same kind of cowardice that allowed January 6 to happen, when he delivered the scripted lines that Kash Patel and Donald Trump permit him to say at the Global Threats Hearing. First, he sustained the bullshit claim that Antifa was the greatest threat to the US, then he played dumb when asked about the Proud Boys."
"But when Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, the ranking chairman of the House Homeland Security committee, asked whether the group is headquartered or how many members it has, Glasheen did not have answers. "We are building out the infrastructure right now," Glasheen said. "So what does that mean?" Thompson replied. "We're trying to get the information. You said antifa is a terrorist organization. Tell us, as a committee, how did you come to that? How many members do they have in the United States, as of right now?""
Michael Glasheen, leader of the FBI's National Security Branch, presented Antifa as the primary domestic violent threat while failing to provide concrete evidence or membership figures. Glasheen avoided answering direct questions from Rep. Bennie Thompson about organizational structure and membership counts, saying the bureau is "building out the infrastructure" to gather information. Kash Patel did not appear before the committee, and Kristi Noem left early during the Global Threats hearing. Multiple layers of institutional avoidance and political scripting influenced testimony and left key accountability and factual questions unresolved.
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