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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNBC News tweet: Trump has no legal authority to designate antifa as a terrorist organization
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They're referring to part of an article they published, but this tweet excerpting that observation made several paragraphs into the article is really pointed. Of course Trump was tweeting FAKE NEWS in all caps half an hour earlier.
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There is no domestic terrorism statute and legal authority for the U.S. to designate any domestic organization as a terrorist group, as the Justice Dept.'s domestic terrorism coordinator has said publicly on multiple occasions in recent years.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-terrorist-organization-gop-points-n1220321
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-he-will-designate-antifa-terrorist-organization-gop-points-n1220321
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NBC News tweet: Trump has no legal authority to designate antifa as a terrorist organization (Original Post)
highplainsdem
May 2020
OP
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. Didn't the RWers give left wingers that name?. . .
procon
(15,805 posts)2. Yeah, but he's the king and can make up new
rules whenever he feels like it.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)3. Right, he can just 'sign some papers' or something.
highplainsdem
(48,997 posts)4. CNN's Jeremy Diamond just tweeted about this, too:
Link to tweet
Current & former government officials and legal experts said Trump doesn't have the authority to label a wholly domestic group a terrorist organization
ACLU National Security Project Director: "There is no legal authority for designating a domestic group"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/politics/trump-antifa-protests/index.html
ACLU National Security Project Director: "There is no legal authority for designating a domestic group"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/politics/trump-antifa-protests/index.html