How Trump’s Antifa Terrorism Sanctions Could Throttle Its Global Support Network

Radical websites for years glorified violence by Antifa Ost, Armed Proletarian Justice, International Revolutionary Front and Revolutionary Class Self Defense before the State Department designated them as FTOs on Nov. 20. Some published messages purportedly written by the terrorists.Posting such content to further the organizations’ goals in the future could spark terrorism charges if the Department of Justice (DOJ) were to push the limits of federal law, counterterrorism experts said.

Legislation passed in 1994 and expanded in 1996 allows for up to 20 years in prison for “whoever knowingly provides material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, or attempts or conspires to do so.” The kinds of “support or resources” that have led to convictions include plotting attacks, conspiring to send money to terrorists and posting Al Qaeda recruitment videos on the internet.

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