Overview
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a legal demand for documents from the Screwston Anti-Fascist Committee to identify potential violations of state law.
- Paxton accused the group of illegal doxxing and aiding terrorism, but his office has not publicly provided corroborating evidence.
- The group’s website highlights alleged far-right activists, links to pages listing personal data, and sells merchandise bearing slogans such as “Racists ain’t safe.”
- Paxton linked reported affiliates to a July 4 shooting at ICE’s Prairieland Detention Center that injured a police officer; nine defendants are set for federal trial in Fort Worth on Feb. 17, and Screwston has helped raise funds for 19 arrestees.
- Academics and commentators denounced the investigation as chilling and a mischaracterization of doxxing.