US Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) was visibly annoyed as he questioned FBI official Michael Glasheen on Thursday about the FBI’s claims that antifa is a top terrorist organization.
Glasheen could not offer any details about ‘antifa’, including where it’s located or how many members it has. He took refuge in what sounds a lot like creating a case after the claims, “We’re building out the capability now.”
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Thompson: Where is antifa headquartered. What we’re doing right now with your where in the United States, does Antifa exist? If it’s a terrorist organization, and you’ve identified it as number one,
Glasheen: We are building out the infrastructure right now.
Thompson (incredulous): So what does that mean? I’m just we’re trying to get the information. You said Antifa is a terrorist organization. Tell us, as a committee, how did you come to that? Where do we exist? How many members do they have in the United States as of right now?
Glasheen: Well, that’s very fluid. It’s it’s ongoing for us to understand that the same no different than al Qaeda and ISIS —
Thompson (visibly annoyed at the cheap, obvious attempt at hiding under conflation with a known terrorist organization): No, no, I don’t want you to ask one question, sir. I just want you to tell us if you said Antifa is the number one domestic terrorist organization operating in the United States. I just need to know where they are. How many people I don’t want a name, I don’t want anything like that, just how many people have you identified with the FBI that Antifa is made of?
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