Overview

• Sen. Ted Cruz plans to introduce a modernized Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act aimed at classifying the group under U.S. terrorism statutes
• The legislative effort follows a June 1 assault in Boulder by Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who had publicly expressed support for Muslim Brotherhood figures
• Rep. Jared Moskowitz and other bipartisan backers have urged President Trump to order a formal investigation into designating the Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
• A similar proposal under the Trump administration in 2019 stalled after objections from defense, legal and diplomatic officials
• The Brotherhood already bears terrorist designations in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Syria and Bahrain, establishing an international precedent