U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday said the Justice Department was monitoring the protest movement antifa, saying that it is at the heart of violence in cities around the country.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General William Barr testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Congressional Auditorium at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, in Washington, U.S., July 28, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS/
Antifa is a largely unstructured, far-left movement whose followers broadly aim to confront those they view as authoritarian or racist. “I think our institutions have been reformed in the past 60 years and if anything has been built into it it’s a bias toward non-discrimination,” Barr said.
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