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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFBI Report: Conspiracy Theorists Are Domestic Terrorist Threats (QAnon & Pizzagate)
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Most domestic terrorists come from the white supremacist, anti-abortion, anti-government, and militia movements. Now the FBI is recognizing "conspiracy theorists" as new domestic terrorist threat.
We've seen the insane nut-baggery cause real harm since Trump began his run for office.
Yahoo! News broke the story:
The FBI for the first time has identified fringe conspiracy theories as a domestic terrorist threat, according to a previously unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News. (Read the document below.)
The FBI intelligence bulletin from the bureaus Phoenix field office, dated May 30, 2019, describes conspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists, as a growing threat, and notes that it is the first such report to do so. It lists a number of arrests, including some that havent been publicized, related to violent incidents motivated by fringe beliefs.
The document specifically mentions QAnon, a shadowy network that believes in a deep state conspiracy against President Trump, and Pizzagate, the theory that a pedophile ring including Clinton associates was being run out of the basement of a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant (which didnt actually have a basement).
Christopher Wray, the FBI Director, recently told a Congressional hearing that White Supremacists are major cause of domestic terrorism. (See video above)
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/08/fbi-report-conspiracy-theorists-are-new
There's a lot more at the link above.
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FBI Report: Conspiracy Theorists Are Domestic Terrorist Threats (QAnon & Pizzagate) (Original Post)
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2019
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backtoblue
(11,343 posts)1. Excerpt
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It would be nice if Republican Congressmen like Rep. Jim Jordan, Louie Gohmert, Matt Gaetz and many others who have been promoting the phony 'deep state' conspiracies against Trump would be called to account for these actions by the FBI.
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It would be nice if Republican Congressmen like Rep. Jim Jordan, Louie Gohmert, Matt Gaetz and many others who have been promoting the phony 'deep state' conspiracies against Trump would be called to account for these actions by the FBI.
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If Trump continues with his behavior and people get hurt (pipe bomber anybody?) will the FBI classify him as a domestic terrorist threat?
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All of this⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆
tblue37
(65,328 posts)2. This for sure. Right-wing terrorists, mostly white supremacists, are responsible for
the majority of deaths in terrorist attacks in the US.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/domestic-terrorism-white-supremacists-islamist-extremists_n_594c46e4e4b0da2c731a84df
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Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)4. Exactly.
trev
(1,480 posts)3. Wray better be careful. Trump will have him fired.