DESIGNATING ANTIFA AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
6 days ago
Read the full order →- → Antifa is described as a group that wants to overthrow the U.S. government and uses violence and illegal actions to do this, including attacking law enforcement and organizing riots.
- → The group recruits and trains young people to be part of its violent activities, hides its members' identities, and works with other groups to spread political violence and silence opposing views.
- → Because of these violent actions aimed at stopping lawful political activities, Antifa is officially called a domestic terrorist group.
- → Government agencies are told to use all legal powers to investigate and stop Antifa's illegal activities, especially those involving violence or terrorism, and to go after anyone funding these actions.
- → This directive follows the law, doesn't create new legal rights, and will be officially published for public knowledge.
Section 1. Antifa as a Terrorist Threat. Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law. It uses illegal means to organize and execute a campaign of violence and terrorism nationwide to accomplish these goals. This campaign involves coordinated efforts to obstruct enforcement of Federal laws through armed standoffs with law enforcement, organized riots, violent assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement officers, and routine doxing of and other threats against political figures and activists. Antifa recruits, trains, and radicalizes young Americans to engage in this violence and suppression of political activity, then employs elaborate means and mechanisms to shield the identities of its operatives, conceal its funding sources and operations in an effort to frustrate law enforcement, and recruit additional members. Individuals associated with and acting on behalf of Antifa further coordinate with other organizations and entities for the purpose of spreading, fomenting, and advancing political violence and suppressing lawful political speech. This organized effort designed to achieve policy objectives by coercion and intimidation is domestic terrorism.
Sec. 2. Designation as a Domestic Terrorist Organization. Because of the aforementioned pattern of political violence designed to suppress lawful political activity and obstruct the rule of law, I hereby designate Antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization.” All relevant executive departments and agencies shall utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa, or for which Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa provided material support, including necessary investigatory and prosecutorial actions against those who fund such operations.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(b) This order shall be published in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 22, 2025.