Stop ANTIFA Act of 2025
The Stop ANTIFA Act of 2025 designates Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and directs a comprehensive federal strategy to counter domestic terrorism and organized political violence. It would task the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and related agencies to coordinate investigations into recruitment, funding, and operations of groups and individuals engaged in political violence, including doxing, riots, and other acts intended to suppress lawful political activity. The bill also seeks to disrupt financial networks that fund domestic terrorism, empower the Department of Justice and other authorities to prosecute related offenses to the fullest extent, and elevate domestic terrorism to a national priority with grant programs to support law enforcement efforts. The findings section frames Antifa as a violent, organized threat and frames the actions as necessary to protect democratic processes and public safety. The bill contains extensive provisions spelling out investigations of actions and supporters, guidance to identify patterns of violent activity, and mechanisms to disrupt networks and funding. It also authorizes potential designations of other groups as domestic terrorist organizations if they meet criteria, and it directs Agencies to coordinate across the federal government to implement this strategy, subject to appropriations and existing law.
Key Points
- 1Designation of Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and directive for federal authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle its illegal operations, including actions by any person or group acting on its behalf.
- 2Creation of a national strategy led by the National Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) to Investigate political violence, conspiracies against rights, recruitment and funding networks, doxing campaigns, riots, and other related criminal conduct; mandates prosecution of federal offenses related to these activities.
- 3Focus on funding and supporters: duties for the Treasury to identify and disrupt financial networks funding domestic terrorism; the IRS to scrutinize or refer tax-exempt entities implicated in financing political violence; and coordination to target funders and enablers, including possible foreign connections.
- 4Guidance and operational priorities: Attorney General to issue guidance prioritizing politically motivated acts (doxing, swatting, riots, looting, assaults, threats) and to identify recurring patterns to prevent violence; DOJs to prosecute aggressively; JTTFs to coordinate with other agencies as needed.
- 5Elevation of domestic terrorism as a national priority area with grant programs to fund law enforcement efforts to detect, prevent, and protect against threats, along with a procedure for potential designation of additional groups under the federal domestic terrorism framework.