Overview
- A December 4 memorandum from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to establish a cash reward system for tips that identify and lead to the arrest of leaders of organizations deemed domestic terrorist groups.
- The guidance includes "radical gender ideology" among ideological indicators of domestic terrorism, along with positions such as pro–mass migration, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity.
- Federal agencies are ordered to deliver Antifa-related intelligence to the FBI within 14 days, while the FBI compiles a list of groups within 30 days, issues an intelligence bulletin, and publicizes its tip line.
- Prosecutors are urged to consider charges including obstruction during civil disorders, picketing or parading to obstruct the administration of justice, conspiracy against rights, and providing material support for terrorism.
- The ACLU and researchers challenge the policy’s factual basis, citing evidence that trans people are not disproportionately responsible for mass violence and warning of expanded surveillance of advocacy.