President Trump on Monday signed an executive order declaring antifa a “terrorist threat,” and designating it as a domestic terrorist organization, days after he called it a “MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” on Truth Social, urged its funding be “thoroughly investigated” and described it as a “SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER.”

Despite his all-caps assertions, no legal authority exists for creating a domestic terrorist group designation, law experts say.

His executive order says it should be followed “consistent” with existing law and directs federal departments and agencies to use “all applicable authorities” to investigate, disrupt and dismantle “any and all illegal operations” conducted by antifa or anyone claiming to act on its behalf.

But there are no criminal or other statut

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