Antifa designated as domestic terror organization

 Daily Signal:

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In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University two weeks ago, President Donald Trump has activated his administration to confront these anarchists head on, going so far as to designate Antifa a “domestic terrorist organization.”

For more than a decade prior to taking her post at the Department of Justice, Dhillon was suing Antifa members and institutions that suppressed free speech due to the threat of left-wing violence on behalf of clients across the country. Dhillon joins “The Signal Sitdown” this week to discuss how the Trump Justice Department is restoring law and order in the public square.

Dhillon’s relationship with Kirk dates back to the early days of Turning Point USA. At times, Dhillon would come to the aid of conservative students and activists when Kirk would flag potential violations of free speech and other constitutional rights.

“It’s even still hard to believe such a huge but young life snatched away and what it means for all of us,” Dhillon told The Daily Signal of Kirk’s assassination.

“It’s very sobering,” she later added.

At the DOJ, “we will honor [Kirk] best, I think, by continuing to fight for those principles that he held so dear,” Dhillon continued.

Because of their friendship, carrying on that fight is personal for the assistant attorney general. “We used to text and talk regularly,” she recalled. “I was a guest on a show many times. And he came to visit us in the DOJ just a few weeks before he passed away to talk about some important issues that his organizations are working on.”

In the wake of Kirk’s death, the president is directing his administration to take action against organized and violent elements of the Left, particularly Antifa.
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Taking legal action against Antifa and organizations like it will be difficult because “Antifa is a shadowy criminal organization.” Antifa operates using a decentralized network of cells, which makes prosecuting leaders or tracking down perpetrators of violent crimes carried out during an Antifa riot difficult.

“They’re shadowy on purpose,” Dhillon said. “They operate in tiny cells like a terrorist organization. They use burner phones. I think they actually prey on and recruit disillusioned, disaffected young people in our society.”
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If you are an enemy of free speech, you are also an enemy of the US Constitution.  The killing of Kirk is a direct assault on free speech.