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Hundreds of Nonprofits Oppose Trump Threats to Target Charities After Kirk Killing

A broad coalition urges the White House to stop using the shooting to justify punitive investigations.

President Donald Trump listens as Attorney General Pam Bondi answers reporters' questions in the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 15, 2025, the same day she said on a podcast that the Justice Department "will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech."
President Donald Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House on September 11.
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Overview

  • More than 500 organizations issued a Thursday letter condemning political violence and warning against what they call government weaponization against nonprofits.
  • Signers include the ACLU, SEIU, Greenpeace USA, and Indivisible, following an earlier letter from over 100 foundations such as Ford, Open Society, MacArthur, Knight, Omidyar Network, and Schmidt Family Foundation, with some moderate and conservative groups also joining.
  • Senior officials have publicly linked liberal funders to a climate of violence and have floated steps like revoking tax-exempt status, pursuing RICO inquiries, and other reviews, with reports of a possible executive order still unconfirmed.
  • President Trump announced an Antifa terrorist designation, though how the administration will implement the move remains unclear.
  • In the criminal case, Utah prosecutors charged Tyler Robinson, 22, with aggravated murder and related counts and say they will seek the death penalty.