Can Trump label antifa a ‘domestic terror group’? Legally, there’s no such thing

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In May of 2020, during Trump’s first term in office, he called for antifa to be designated a terrorist organization. “There is no framework to designate an organization as a domestic terrorist organization,” she said. “I would encourage the administration to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, to go systematically after antifa. You may recall, Steve, back then, President Trump called for antifa to be designated a terrorist group. But there is no such process or legal authority right now to do the same with domestic groups.