The intelligence community has assessed that violent extremists in the country are posing a “heightened threat” in 2021, according to a new unclassified threat assessment. The brief unclassified summary—assembled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—found that domestic extremists motivated by a range of ideologies are seen as risks for violence. It found that extremists motivated by biases against minority populations and perceived government overreach “will almost certainly” drive more “radicalization and mobilization to violence.” Meanwhile, sociopolitical developments such as the narrative of fraud in the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol “will almost certainly spur some [domestic violent extremists] to try to engage in violence this year.” The assessment was conducted after President Joe Biden in January tasked the DNI to assess the threat of domestic violent extremism following the …