Overview
- The agreement dissolves the group’s New York not-for-profit, orders it to stop harassment and threats, and sets a suspended $50,000 penalty for violations with three years of compliance reporting.
- Investigators cited directives to bring knives, pepper spray and pit bulls to rallies, calls to “fight back,” and efforts to hand beepers to perceived opponents.
- The probe documented boasts about using facial recognition and compiling names of campus activists for the Trump administration, and a Homeland Security official testified such lists were used to target protesters.
- Betar denied wrongdoing, made no admission in the settlement, and said it plans to continue operating outside New York.
- The case also noted unregistered fundraising with the state Charities Bureau and followed the Anti-Defamation League’s 2025 addition of Betar to its extremism database.