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White House Intensifies Antifa Push as Glenn Beck Says FBI Sought His Leads

Legal experts question the administration’s authority to target a decentralized movement as a domestic terrorist group.

Noted conspiracy theorist Glenn Beck says bureau agents came to his house to ask for his self-styled expertise on left wing activists.
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 08: Far-right influencers and commentators attend a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump’s administration held the roundtable to discuss the anti-fascist Antifa movement after signing an executive order designating it as a “domestic terrorist organization”. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Overview

  • Glenn Beck said three FBI agents, dispatched at Director Kash Patel’s direction, met with him at his home to discuss his reporting on alleged Antifa networks, a claim not independently verified by the bureau in the coverage provided.
  • Following a September executive order labeling Antifa a domestic terrorist threat, the White House is steering a whole-of-government effort that includes FBI, DOJ, JTTF and Treasury attention to investigations and financial tracing.
  • Outside researchers briefed officials on alleged funding streams, naming entities such as Open Society Foundations, the Arabella and Tides networks, and Neville Roy Singham, while acknowledging IRS 990s and open-source methods provide incomplete and contested pictures.
  • A federal judge has temporarily blocked Trump’s National Guard deployment to Portland, with court challenges and state resistance continuing to constrain federal enforcement plans.
  • Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem likened Antifa to groups such as ISIS and Hamas, even as critics note U.S. law lacks a mechanism to designate a purely domestic group and former FBI Director Chris Wray has described Antifa as a movement or ideology.