Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday took issue with a newly released threat assessment on domestic violent extremism because it did not thoroughly take into account anarchist extremists who terrorized U.S. cities last summer. “FBI Dir Wray told Congress much of domestic extremism in 2020 was frm anti-govt elements (anarchists+militias) But Biden admin assessment totally silent on anarchists+only mention militia side of anti-govt violence,” Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote in a statement in response to the brief intelligence community summary released Wednesday. “What do u call burning/looting/murder across [the] country last summer?” He pointed to statements made by FBI Director Christoper Wray to Congress in September 2020, who testified that the bureau has opened “properly predicated investigations into violent anarchist extremists who subscribe to, [or] self-identify with Antifa.” “FBI Dir Wray also told Congress 2020 had as much anarchist extremism as last 3yrs combined,” Grassley wrote in …
Grassley Tells Biden Administration ‘Stop Politicizing’ Threat Assessments
March 18, 2021
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