FBI Director Kash Patel claimed that the FBI had indicted "members" of a purported "Antifa Cell" on terrorism charges.
An indictment unsealed on Thursday charged Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts with support for terrorism, attempted murder, and other crimes that allegedly occurred during a July 4 attack on a Texas ICE facility.
"First time ever: the FBI arrested Antifa-aligned anarchist violent extremists and terrorism charges have been brought for the July 4 Prairieland ICE attack in Texas," Patel announced on X. "No one gets to harm law enforcement. Not on my watch."
Although antifa is a movement without official structure or members, the indictment claimed Arnold and Evetts were part of the "North Texas Antifa Cell."
"Antifa is a militant enterprise made up of networks of individuals and small groups primarily ascribing to a revolutionary anarchist or autonomous Marxist ideology, which explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and the system of law," the document explained. "Antifa adherents have espoused insurrection and advocated violence to affect the policy and conduct of the U.S. government by intimidation and coercion."
The document described the men as "Antifa Members," but it did not specify evidence linking them to the movement.
In September, President Donald Trump declared "Antifa" to be a "domestic terrorist organization," although no such designation exists under U.S. law.
