Overview

• Rolling Stone reports that senior officials rapidly drafted legal memos, executive‑order blueprints, and target lists in the days after Charlie Kirk was shot on Sept. 10, with Stephen Miller directing the effort.
• On Sept. 25, the president issued a national security memorandum alleging liberal actors were animating violence and calling for federal prosecutions, according to a White House statement.
• Miller said on Sept. 15 that the administration would use resources at the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy alleged networks, speaking on Kirk’s podcast hosted by Vice President J.D. Vance.
• Several senior advisers expressed doubt that the suspected shooter was part of an organized left‑wing terror network and viewed many named targets as nonviolent nonprofits, the reporting says.
• The internal planning reportedly leaned on post‑9/11 authorities, RICO, and conspiracy statutes, with some planners expecting a chilling effect on opponents, while proposals remain largely unimplemented as the criminal investigation continues; a Sept. 20 Truth Social demand for prosecutions also raised concerns inside the team.