@BostonSweetSox @ProfMJCleveland @Techno_Fog @jsolomonReports @AndrewCMcCarthy @JonathanTurley So a couple of things: 1. Although the POTUS uses the word “designation” that is not what the AG either said or did. We have a designation process but it is only for foreign groups. It means the group itself is deemed the problem. /1
@BostonSweetSox @ProfMJCleveland @Techno_Fog @jsolomonReports @AndrewCMcCarthy @JonathanTurley 2. Barr is saying Antifa’s *activities* are domestic terrorism, which is defined in the PATRIOT ACT, but isn’t a separate crime or “designation.” That means govt resources & focus can be used to investigate activities for violations of federal law w/a task force, for example. /2
@BostonSweetSox @ProfMJCleveland @Techno_Fog @jsolomonReports @AndrewCMcCarthy @JonathanTurley But it doesn’t mean that the govt can investigate Antifa just because it’s Antifa. It needs to be involved in some criminal activity.
I see this as a question of identification, focus & resources. /3
I see this as a question of identification, focus & resources. /3
