The greatest domestic terrorism threats facing the United States in 2021 come from racially motivated or antigovernment violent extremists, a senior FBI counterterrorism official told Congressional committees looking into the Jan. 6 Capitol breach on Wednesday. “Looking forward, the FBI assesses there is an elevated threat of violence from domestic violent extremists, and some of these actors have been emboldened…
FBI Says Biggest Domestic Terror Threats in 2021 Are Violent Extremists Motivated by Race or Anti-Authority Views
Jan. 6 Capitol Breach Was ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Says FBI Director
FBI Director Christopher Wray described the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6 as “domestic terrorism” during a Senate panel hearing on Tuesday. “It’s got no place in our democracy and tolerating it would make a mockery of our nation’s rule of law,” Wray told senators. “That siege was criminal behavior plain and simple and…
DHS Grants Allocate $77 Million to Combat Domestic Violent Extremism
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday announced almost $2 billion in state and local preparedness grants, with at least $77 million allocated to directly combat domestic violent extremism—a priority issue under President Joe Biden’s administration. The department said that it has, for the first time, marked domestic terrorism as a “national priority area”…
Gabbard: Biden Should Denounce His Administration’s Effort to Take Away Civil Liberties
Former Democratic presidential candidate and former representative for Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard said in a series of tweets on Tuesday that John Brennans, the Adam Schiffs, and the oligarchs in Big Tech who take away civil liberties “are also domestic enemies and much more powerful.” She called on President Joe Biden and all members of Congress from…
25 Domestic Terrorism Investigations Opened in Connection With US Capitol Breach
Law enforcement officials have opened at least 25 domestic terrorism cases related to the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol building. U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), a member of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, during a phone call that “at least 25 domestic terrorism cases have been…
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