FBI Director Kash Patel has announced that the bureau is “following the money” behind Antifa and other far-left militant groups, launching an unprecedented financial investigation aimed at dismantling every donor network, funding mechanism, and organizational link supporting domestic extremism.
“We are following the money. Money never lies,” Patel said during a briefing alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “And that’s what it’s going to take to bring down this network of organized criminal thugs, gang bangers, and yes, domestic terrorists — because that’s what they are.”
Patel said the FBI is working closely with the Treasury Department to map out the web of accounts and entities used to finance Antifa’s operations across the United States and abroad.
“We will not rest until we uncover every single source of funding, donor, organization, and financial support that exists,” he added.According to Patel, the effort will span every major city in the country. “They will not be able to hide. They were able to hide and conspire with prior administrations, and we are exposing their corruption from within,” he said.The renewed crackdown follows President Donald Trump’s order designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization under the September 22 White House directive, which cited the group’s “militarist, anarchist enterprise” and its use of “illegal means, including violence and terrorism, to accomplish political goals.” The order directs federal agencies to “investigate, disrupt, and dismantle” Antifa’s illegal operations and their financial backers.
