Overview
- Attorney General Pam Bondi’s December 4 memo directs the FBI to create a cash reward system for tips that identify and lead to the arrest of leaders of organizations deemed domestic terrorist groups.
- The guidance defines ideologies that may constitute domestic terrorism to include adherence to 'radical gender ideology,' which advocates say effectively targets transgender people and their allies.
- Federal agencies are told to deliver Antifa-related intelligence to the FBI within 14 days, and the FBI must compile a list of groups that may meet the memo’s criteria within 30 days and issue related intelligence bulletins.
- Prosecutors are urged to consider charges such as obstruction during civil disorders, conspiracy, and providing material support for terrorism when building cases tied to the identified ideologies.
- The memo’s existence became public through a leak first reported by journalist Ken Klippenstein, and critics note it omits research showing most U.S. domestic terror violence has been tied to right-wing extremism.