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Patel made it clear this investigation won’t be confined to a single region. “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.
This sweeping effort is being carried out under a White House directive issued by President Donald Trump on September 22. That order officially labeled Antifa a domestic terrorist organization, citing its “militarist, anarchist enterprise” and the use of “illegal means, including violence and terrorism, to accomplish political goals.”
The directive instructed federal agencies to “investigate, disrupt, and dismantle” Antifa’s illegal networks, including the individuals and groups bankrolling their operations.
The administration documented how Antifa operatives organized armed confrontations with law enforcement, carried out attacks on ICE agents, and launched doxing campaigns that placed political opponents and officers in direct danger. “Antifa’s efforts to advance political violence and suppress lawful political speech must be stopped,” the order stated.
Trump made his stance unmistakably clear:
“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, a sick, dangerous, radical left disaster, as a major terrorist organization. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices,” he said.
Patel’s campaign isn’t just about choking off Antifa’s funding. He’s also moving to clean house inside the FBI itself, cutting ties with politically charged outside groups that helped shape the bureau’s domestic extremism strategy under previous leadership.
One of his first moves was to end the FBI’s partnership with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an alliance that began under former Director James Comey.
“James Comey disgraced the FBI by writing ‘love letters’ to the ADL and embedding agents with an extreme group functioning like a political organization,” Patel told Fox News Digital. “That was not law enforcement — it was activism dressed up as counterterrorism, and it put Americans in danger. That era is finished. This FBI formally rejects Comey’s policies and any partnership with the ADL.”
The ADL responded by expressing “deep respect for the FBI and law enforcement officers” while reaffirming its mission to combat antisemitism.
Just days later, Patel severed another long-standing connection — this time with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The SPLC, like the ADL, has drawn criticism for labeling conservative organizations as “extremist,” including Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA. Kirk’s assassination during a Utah campus event last month, by a gunman invoking Antifa slogans, sent shockwaves through the conservative movement.
Patel has repeatedly said this is more than just an investigation — it’s a full-scale course correction.
“We are restoring an FBI that serves the Constitution — not activist agendas,” Patel said. “We’re going after the financiers, the fixers, and the foreign actors behind domestic terror. The money trail leads to the truth — and the truth will lead to justice.”
For years, Antifa operated under a veil of activism, shielded by sympathetic political allies and well-funded networks. That protection appears to be crumbling fast.
The FBI’s message is clear: follow the money, find the truth, and shut it down.
