"It would have a legal impact that would have a cascading effect across civil society, including social media organizations, civic organizations and everything in between,"
"It would effectively criminalize activity that is associated with a diffuse I hesitate to use the term organization but more of an ethos or a shared collective dissent to a lot of what the administration is doing."
"Would you like to see it done? You think it would help? I'd be glad to do it. I think it's the kind of thing I'd like to do. Does everybody agree? If you agree, I agree. Let's get it done."
President Trump hosted a White House roundtable where attendees urged him to designate antifa as a foreign terrorist organization. Trump asked whether participants wanted that and offered to carry it out, directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to address it. Trump previously issued an executive order labeling antifa a domestic terrorist organization, but that order lacks a clear legal mechanism because federal law does not provide for designating domestic groups. The State Department can designate foreign terrorist organizations, a move that carries enforceable legal consequences. Legal experts warn such a designation would cascade through social media, civic organizations and other civil-society actors. The Justice Department previously did not present evidence of a centralized leadership or funding network for antifa.
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