FBI Official Falls Apart And Can't Justify Claims that 'Antifa' is a Top Terrorist Organization

Rep. Bennie Thompson was visibly annoyed as FBI official Michael Glasheen dodged specific questions about 'antifa' like how many members it has and where it's located.

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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