{"id":2055505,"date":"2023-10-04T15:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-targets-trump-voters-as-domestic-terrorists-ahead-of-2024-election\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T15:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:22:19","slug":"fbi-targets-trump-voters-as-domestic-terrorists-ahead-of-2024-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-targets-trump-voters-as-domestic-terrorists-ahead-of-2024-election\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI focuses on Trump voters as potential domestic terrorists before 2024 election."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-targets-trump-voters-as-domestic-terrorists-ahead-of-2024-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2055505&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>FBI Targets Trump Supporters as Domestic Terrorists<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Less than one year before Americans will begin casting their \u2063votes in the \u20622024 election, the FBI is singling \u200bout supporters of Republican frontrunner former \u200cPresident Donald Trump \u200das domestic terrorists, a \u2062report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2023\/10\/13\/exclusive-fbi-targets-trump-followers-2024-election-nears-1831836.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n<p>Testimony from\u2063 more than a \u201cdozen current\u2062 or former government officials who specialize in terrorism\u201d to Newsweek confirmed that this increase in targeting was born out of the FBI\u2019s\u200d decision to lump Trump supporters into its expanded definition of \u201cdomestic\u200d extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-targets-trump-voters-as-domestic-terrorists-ahead-of-2024-election\/\" title=\"FBI focuses on Trump voters as potential domestic terrorists before 2024 election.\">federal law enforcement agency criminalizing opposition<\/a> to the regime is not new, but it has drastically increased under President Joe\u2064 Biden. FBI data \u200dreviewed by Newsweek indicates \u201cnearly two-thirds\u200c of the FBI\u2019s current investigations\u201d center on Trump supporters accused of disregarding \u201canti-riot\u201d laws.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Read:[Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/04\/after-ignoring-violent-blm-riots-fbi-targets-trump-supporters-for-breaking-anti-riot-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">After Ignoring Violent BLM Riots, FBI Targets Trump Supporters For Breaking Anti-Riot Laws<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite widespread, \u200dleftist-led and encouraged riots during \u2063the 2020 summer of rage, FBI data says that spikes in\u2062 domestic violent \u200bextremism and domestic terrorism investigations in 2020 and 2021 \u201cshow clearly \u200bthat the main targets of the\u200d investigations and cases open were of Trump supporters,\u201d not the people who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/09\/16\/george-floyd-riot-damage-could-cost-insurance-companies-upwards-of-2-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wreaked billions of dollars of damage<\/a> \u200d on American cities.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, \u201cassessments,\u201d a shadowy tool used \u200bby the FBI to spy on Americans who have political or ideological \u2063associations deemed unfavorable by the agency, \u201cmore than doubled from 2019 to 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A drastic rise in politicized probes of Trump voters follows an avalanche\u2064 of rhetoric touted by <a href=\"https:\/\/khqa.com\/news\/nation-world\/president-joe-biden-calls-it-the-nations-biggest-threat-others-say-its-politics-white-supremacy-extremism-howard-university-commencement-domestic-terrorism-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Joe Biden<\/a>, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/06\/15\/fact-sheet-national-strategy-for-countering-domestic-terrorism\/#:~:text=It%20found%20that%20the%20two,such%20as%20militia%20violent%20extremists.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/07\/17\/domestic-terrorism-homeland-security-extremism-oathkeepers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats in\u2063 Congress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/speech\/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-remarks-domestic-terrorism-policy-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Attorney General Merrick Garland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/testimony\/threats-to-the-homeland-evaluating-the-landscape-20-years-after-911-wray-092121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI Director Christopher Wray<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/12\/us\/politics\/domestic-terror-white-supremacists.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">other \u200dofficials<\/a> who have named the \u201cdomestic extremism\u201d\u2063 often pinned on Republican voters as the nation\u2019s biggest threat.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 increase also\u200d serves as a continuation of the Biden regime\u2019s \u2063persecution of \u200cits number one political opponent and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/videos\/boyd-the-deep-states-target-isnt-trump-its-voters-like-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his popular brand of wrongthink<\/a> ahead of the 2024 \u2064presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of Americans say the\u200c administration\u2019s malfeasance \u200dis proof the U.S. \u200chas a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/09\/4-in-5-americans-see-two-tiered-justice-system-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two-tiered \u2062system\u200d of justice<\/a>. After a year of smears and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/25\/polls-show-democrat-campaign-strategy-of-indicting-political-opponents-has-backfired-horrifically\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sham felony indictments<\/a>, more <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/05\/majority-of-americans-want-corrupt-fbi-to-be-reformed-or-shut-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">than half of the nation<\/a> says they want the left\u2019s enforcement arm to\u200c be\u2062 punished for weaponizing its power against the American people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sec-eyes-forcing-companies-to-disclose-data-on-social-issues-sparking-politicization-concerns\/\" title=\"SEC Eyes Forcing Companies To Disclose Data On \u2018Social\u2019 Issues, Sparking \u2018Politicization\u2019 Concerns\">achieve political goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI denies targeting Americans based on ideology, but \u201cdays\u201d after the events on Jan. 6, 2021, the agency broadened its \u201canti-government or anti-authority violent extremists-other\u201d (AGAAVE) classification so that it could jumpstart investigations into Americans \u200bbased on their political affiliations.<\/p>\n<p>The shift received hardly \u200bany attention, emboldening the FBI \u200cin October 2022 to \u200bcreate a whole new\u200d terrorism category,\u200c \u201cAGAAVE-Other,\u201d \u200cdevoted to monitoring\u2063 anyone the agency deemed an anti-government \u201cdomestic violent extremist\u201d with seemingly adverse political\u2063 affiliations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his famous slogan \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d were not officially assigned to this \u2064category on paper or in the <a href=\"http:\/\/\/Users\/jordandavidson\/Downloads\/fbi-dhs-domestic-terrorism-strategic-report-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI\u2019s joint report \u200dto Congress<\/a>. Newsweek noted, however, that \u201cgovernment insiders acknowledge that it applies to political violence ascribed to the former president\u2019s supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One unnamed\u2064 senior intelligence official told\u2062 Newsweek that he believed \u201cTrump\u2019s army constitutes the greatest threat of violence domestically\u2026politically\u2026that\u2019s the reality and the problem set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/02\/bidens-democracy-lecture-reminded-americans-how-relentlessly-democrats-undermine-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demonize half the country<\/a> ahead of the \u200bNovember 2022 midterms by accusing \u201cMAGA Republicans\u201d of being\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1565492666120523778?s=20&#038;t=88uSW0yxSoGsw4y6VU0Btw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a threat to the very soul\u2064 of this country<\/a>.\u201d This screed was one of the many public confirmations \u200dhis administration gave to \u200chis\u200b allies at \u200bthe DOJ \u200dand FBI to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/08\/bidens-maga-republican-screed-gives-gatekeepers-the-greenlight-to-purge-political-foes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">persecuting their political foes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under Biden\u2019s rule, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/15\/nsbas-apology-for-letter-comparing-parents-to-terrorists-hasnt-stopped-the-fbi-from-targeting-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI launched attacks<\/a> on concerned parents, \u200braided a pastor\u2019s \u2064home, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/30\/biden-doj-throttled-arrests-of-violent-abortion-mob-surrounding-supreme-court-justices-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused to protect<\/a> Republican-nominated\u200c Supreme Court justices from coordinated\u200d influence campaigns designed to undermine the <em>Dobbs v. Jackson <\/em>ruling, and attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/01\/biden-hhs-denies-oklahomans-health-care-funding-because-the-state-wont-spend-it-on-abortions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">punish Republican\u2064 states<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/03\/02\/statement-by-president-biden-on-texas-attacks-on-transgender-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protecting children<\/a> including the unborn.<br \/>\n  \u2062\n  <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan \u200cgraduated from Baylor University \u200dwhere she majored in\u200c political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2064What are the \u200bconcerns raised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-biden-admin-considering-using-private-firms-to-conduct-warrantless-surveillance-of-u-s-citizens\/\" title=\"CNN: Biden Admin Considering Using Private Firms To Conduct Warrantless Surveillance Of U.S. Citizens\">civil liberties advocates<\/a> regarding the FBI&#8217;s expanded definition of\u2064 domestic extremism to include\u2064 Trump supporters?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Partial=True code<|im_sep|>esthes-speech-domestic-terrorism040819.pdf&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;\u2062 rel=&#8221;noreferrer \u2064noopener&#8221;>Attorney General<\/a>, and other government officials regarding the threat of domestic terrorism. The rhetoric has painted a broad brush, associating Trump supporters with extremism\u2063 and violence.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI&#8217;s\u200c expanded definition of domestic extremism, which \u200cnow \u200dincludes Trump supporters, has raised concerns among civil liberties\u200b advocates. Critics argue that this broad categorization can\u200d lead \u200bto \u200cthe surveillance\u2063 and harassment of innocent individuals solely based on \u200ctheir political affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the\u200d focus on Trump \u2062supporters as\u200c domestic terrorists raises questions about the FBI&#8217;s priorities\u2064 and resources. With a\u200c multitude of pressing national \u2062security issues, such as cyberattacks, foreign interference, and organized crime, some argue\u2062 that targeting\u2063 a political group\u2063 risks diverting attention and resources from \u2064more \u2063significant threats.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, many question the selective enforcement of &#8220;anti-riot&#8221; laws. The evidence suggests that individuals involved in \u200cthe 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) riots, which resulted in widespread destruction and\u200d violence, were not under the same level \u2062of scrutiny as Trump supporters. This discrepancy in treatment undermines the perception of impartiality and \u2063fairness \u200bwithin the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>The increased surveillance\u200c and investigations of Trump supporters may have a chilling \u200deffect on freedom of \u200cspeech and political expression. The fear of \u2063being \u2063labeled a domestic \u2063terrorist can deter individuals from voicing their\u2062 opinions or participating in peaceful protests, thus eroding the fundamental principles of \u2062democracy.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u200b essential to recognize that not all Trump \u2064supporters are extremists or condone violence. Painting an entire political group with a broad brush is not only\u200c unfair but also counterproductive \u200bto fostering national unity and reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2064society that values diversity of thought \u200band peaceful political discourse,\u200b it is crucial to ensure that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a>\u2062 treat all citizens with fairness and respect. Targeting\u2064 a specific group based on political affiliation undermines public trust and weakens \u2063the fabric of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>As the 2024 \u200belection approaches, it is imperative that the\u2062 FBI and other law enforcement \u200cagencies prioritize\u200c objective and evidence-based investigations over politically motivated targeting. Safeguarding\u2062 civil liberties and upholding the principles of justice should be at the forefront of their efforts,\u2063 rather than singling out a particular group for surveillance\u2063 and scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the FBI&#8217;s targeting of Trump supporters\u200c as domestic\u2063 terrorists raises concerns\u2063 about the erosion of civil liberties, the \u2062selective enforcement of laws, and the potential\u2062 chilling effect on freedom of speech and political expression. The broad categorization of Trump supporters as\u200b extremists overlooks the diverse views and motivations within this political group. It is essential for \u2064law enforcement agencies to\u200b maintain their objectivity\u2064 and prioritize the genuine threats to national security, rather than \u200cengaging in politically motivated\u2063 targeting.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a year before the 2024 election, Newsweek reports that the FBI is identifying backers of ex-President Donald Trump, a Republican frontrunner, as domestic terrorists. 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