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Sunday, May 31, 2020
U.S. Department of Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Attorney General William P. Barr's Statement on
Riots and Domestic Terrorism
ttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barrs-statement-riots-and-domestic-terrorism

“With the rioting that is occurring in many of our cities
around the country,
the voices of peaceful and legitimate protests have been
hijacked by violent radical elements.
Groups of outside radicals and agitators are exploiting the situation
to pursue their own separate, violent, and
extremist agenda.

It is time to stop watching the violence and
to confront and stop it.
The continued violence and destruction of property
endangers the lives and livelihoods of others, and
interferes with the rights of peaceful protestors,
as well as all other citizens.

...To identify criminal organizers and instigators, and
to coordinate federal resources with our state and local partners,
federal law enforcement is using our existing network of
56 regional FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF).

The violence instigated and carried out by
Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is
domestic terrorism and
will be treated accordingly.”