Trump administration now classifies Antifa and left-wing networks among ‘major’ terror groups | CNN Politics

The Trump administration has classified left-wing networks like Antifa among “three major types of terror groups” the US faces, according to a counter-terrorism plan released Thursday. “In addition to cartels and Islamist terror groups,” the plan says, “our national (counter terrorism) activities will also prioritize the rapid identification and neutralization of violent secular political groups whose ideology is anti-American, radically pro-transgender, and anarchist.” In recent months, as Trump administration officials have ramped up the rhetoric around investigating and prosecuting people who it says are part of groups like Antifa, they have struggled to answer basic questions about the organizations. During a congressional hearing late last year, Michael Glasheen, operations director of the FBI’s National Security Branch, could not answer questions about Antifa’s group size, location or other details. “Investigations are active,” Glasheen said after declaring Antifa as the “primary concern” of the FBI. The FBI official said the situation was “very fluid.” The White House counterterrorism plan says the federal government will “use all the tools cons