Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 30, 2025)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 47225-47228]

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[FR Doc No: 2025-19141]

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National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 of

September 25, 2025

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized

Political Violence

Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary

of the Treasury[,] the Attorney General[, and] the

Secretary of Homeland Security

By the authority vested in me as President by the

Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America, I hereby direct the following:

Section 1. Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political

Violence. Heinous assassinations and other acts of

political violence in the United States have

dramatically increased in recent years. Even in the

aftermath of the horrifying assassination of Charlie

Kirk, some individuals who adhered to the alleged

shooter's ideology embraced and cheered this evil

murder while actively encouraging more political

violence. This was preceded by the 2024 assassination

of a senior healthcare executive and the 2022

assassination attempt against Supreme Court Justice

Brett Kavanaugh. Two separate assassination attempts

against my own life in less than 3 months took place

during the 2024 Presidential election cycle. Riots in

Los Angeles and Portland reflect a more than 1,000

percent increase in attacks on U.S

assassination attempt against Supreme Court Justice

Brett Kavanaugh. Two separate assassination attempts

against my own life in less than 3 months took place

during the 2024 Presidential election cycle. Riots in

Los Angeles and Portland reflect a more than 1,000

percent increase in attacks on U.S. Immigration and

Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers since January 21,

2025, compared to the same period last year. Just

yesterday, a shooting targeting an ICE facility in

Dallas resulted in multiple casualties. Separate anti-

police and ``criminal justice'' riots have left many

people dead and injured and inflicted over $2 billion

in property damage nationwide.

This political violence is not a series of isolated

incidents and does not emerge organically. Instead, it

is a culmination of sophisticated, organized campaigns

of targeted intimidation, radicalization, threats, and

violence designed to silence opposing speech, limit

political activity, change or direct policy outcomes,

and prevent the functioning of a democratic society. A

new law enforcement strategy that investigates all

participants in these criminal and terroristic

conspiracies--including the organized structures,

networks, entities, organizations, funding sources, and

predicate actions behind them--is required.

and prevent the functioning of a democratic society. A

new law enforcement strategy that investigates all

participants in these criminal and terroristic

conspiracies--including the organized structures,

networks, entities, organizations, funding sources, and

predicate actions behind them--is required.

These campaigns often begin by isolating and

dehumanizing specific targets to justify murder or

other violent action against them. They do so through a

variety of fora, including anonymous chat forums, in-

person meetings, social media, and even educational

institutions. These campaigns then escalate to

organized doxing, where the private or identifying

information of their targets (such as home addresses,

phone numbers, or other personal information) is

exposed to the public with the explicit intent of

encouraging others to harass, intimidate, or violently

assault them. As in the case of several ICE agents in

Los Angeles being doxed, the goal of these campaigns

can be to obstruct the operations of the Federal

Government as well as aid and abet criminal activity

the Federal Government is lawfully pursuing. These

campaigns are coordinated and perpetrated by actors who

have developed a comprehensive strategy to achieve

specific policy goals through radicalization and

violent intimidation.

s of the Federal

Government as well as aid and abet criminal activity

the Federal Government is lawfully pursuing. These

campaigns are coordinated and perpetrated by actors who

have developed a comprehensive strategy to achieve

specific policy goals through radicalization and

violent intimidation.

There are common recurrent motivations and indicia

uniting this pattern of violent and terroristic

activities under the umbrella of self-described ``anti-

fascism.'' These movements portray foundational

American principles (e.g., support for law enforcement

and border control) as ``fascist'' to justify and

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encourage acts of violent revolution. This ``anti-

fascist'' lie has become the organizing rallying cry

used by domestic terrorists to wage a violent assault

against democratic institutions, constitutional rights,

and fundamental American liberties. Common threads

animating this violent conduct include anti-

Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity;

support for the overthrow of the United States

Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender;

and hostility towards those who hold traditional

American views on family, religion, and morality. As

described in the Order of September 22, 2025

(Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist

Organization), the groups and entities that perpetuate

this extremism have created a movement that embraces

and elevates violence to achieve policy outcomes,

including justifying additional assassinations

. As

described in the Order of September 22, 2025

(Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist

Organization), the groups and entities that perpetuate

this extremism have created a movement that embraces

and elevates violence to achieve policy outcomes,

including justifying additional assassinations. For

example, Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin engraved the

bullets used in the murder with so-called ``anti-

fascist'' rhetoric.

The United States requires a national strategy to

investigate and disrupt networks, entities, and

organizations that foment political violence so that

law enforcement can intervene in criminal conspiracies

before they result in violent political acts. Through

this comprehensive strategy, law enforcement will

disband and uproot networks, entities, and

organizations that promote organized violence, violent

intimidation, conspiracies against rights, and other

efforts to disrupt the functioning of a democratic

society.

Sec. 2. Investigating Domestic Terrorist Organizations.

(a) The National Joint Terrorism Task Force and its

local offices (collectively, ``JTTFs'') shall

coordinate and supervise a comprehensive national

strategy to investigate, prosecute, and disrupt

entities and individuals engaged in acts of political

violence and intimidation designed to suppress lawful

political activity or obstruct the rule of law. This

strategy shall include the investigatory and

prosecutorial measures set forth in this section.

strategy to investigate, prosecute, and disrupt

entities and individuals engaged in acts of political

violence and intimidation designed to suppress lawful

political activity or obstruct the rule of law. This

strategy shall include the investigatory and

prosecutorial measures set forth in this section.

(b) The JTTFs shall investigate potential Federal

crimes relating to acts of recruiting or radicalizing

persons for the purpose of:

(i) political violence, terrorism, or conspiracy against rights; or

(ii) the violent deprivation of any citizen's rights.

(c) The JTTFs shall also investigate:

(i) institutional and individual funders, and officers and employees of

organizations, that are responsible for, sponsor, or otherwise aid and abet

the principal actors engaging in the criminal conduct described in

subsections (a) and (b) of this section; and

(ii) non-governmental organizations and American citizens residing abroad

or with close ties to foreign governments, agents, citizens, foundations,

or influence networks engaged in violations of the Foreign Agents

Registration Act (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) or money laundering by funding,

creating, or supporting entities that engage in activities that support or

encourage domestic terrorism.

(d) The JTTFs shall consult and coordinate with

executive departments and agencies (agencies) as needed

to determine whether such agencies can apply existing

authorities or exercise their own authorities, as

appropriate, to support the JTTFs' investigations and

relevant prosecutions of political violence.

(d) The JTTFs shall consult and coordinate with

executive departments and agencies (agencies) as needed

to determine whether such agencies can apply existing

authorities or exercise their own authorities, as

appropriate, to support the JTTFs' investigations and

relevant prosecutions of political violence.

(e) The JTTFs may, to the extent permitted by law,

request operational assistance from and coordinate with

law enforcement partners when investigating domestic

terrorism.

(f) The National Joint Terrorism Task Force shall

provide regular progress updates to the President

through the Assistant to the President and Homeland

Security Advisor.

(g) The Attorney General shall direct the

Department of Justice to prosecute all Federal crimes,

to the maximum extent permissible by law, related to

the investigations described in subsections (a) through

(c) of this section.

(h) The Attorney General shall issue specific

guidance that ensures domestic terrorism priorities

include politically motivated terrorist acts such as

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organized doxing campaigns, swatting, rioting, looting,

trespass, assault, destruction of property, threats of

violence, and civil disorder. This guidance shall also

include an identification of any behaviors, fact

patterns, recurrent motivations, or other indicia

common to organizations and entities that coordinate

these acts in order to direct efforts to identify and

prevent potential violent activity.

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violence, and civil disorder. This guidance shall also

include an identification of any behaviors, fact

patterns, recurrent motivations, or other indicia

common to organizations and entities that coordinate

these acts in order to direct efforts to identify and

prevent potential violent activity.

(i) The Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary), in

coordination with the Attorney General, shall make

available all resources, to the maximum extent

permitted by law, to identify and disrupt financial

networks that fund domestic terrorism and political

violence. The Secretary, acting through the Terrorism

and Financial Intelligence Office of the Department of

the Treasury, shall deploy investigative tools, examine

financial flows, and coordinate with partner agencies

to trace illicit funding streams. The Secretary shall

provide guidance for financial institutions to file

Suspicious Activity Reports and investigate indicia of

illicit funding streams to ensure such activity is

rooted out at the source and referred for law

enforcement action, as appropriate.

(j) The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue

Service (Commissioner) shall take action to ensure that

no tax-exempt entities are directly or indirectly

financing political violence or domestic terrorism. In

addition, where applicable, the Commissioner shall

ensure that the Internal Revenue Service refers such

organizations, and the employees and officers of such

organizations, to the Department of Justice for

investigation and possible prosecution

financing political violence or domestic terrorism. In

addition, where applicable, the Commissioner shall

ensure that the Internal Revenue Service refers such

organizations, and the employees and officers of such

organizations, to the Department of Justice for

investigation and possible prosecution.

(k) All Federal law enforcement agencies with

investigative authority shall question and interrogate,

within all lawful authorities, individuals engaged in

political violence or lawlessness regarding the entity

or individual organizing such actions and any related

financial sponsorship of those actions prior to

adjudication or initiation of a plea agreement.

Investigations should prioritize crimes such as the

following: assaulting Federal officers or employees or

otherwise engaging in conduct proscribed by 18 U.S.C.

111; conspiracy against rights under 18 U.S.C. 241;

conspiracy to commit offense under 18 U.S.C. 371;

solicitation to commit a crime of violence under 18

U.S.C. 373; money laundering under 18 U.S.C. 1956;

funding of terrorist acts or otherwise facilitating

terrorism under 18 U.S.C. 2339, 2339A, 2339B, 2339C,

and 2339D; arson offenses under 18 U.S.C. 844;

violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt

Organizations Act (18 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.); and major

fraud against the United States under 18 U.S.C. 1031.

funding of terrorist acts or otherwise facilitating

terrorism under 18 U.S.C. 2339, 2339A, 2339B, 2339C,

and 2339D; arson offenses under 18 U.S.C. 844;

violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt

Organizations Act (18 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.); and major

fraud against the United States under 18 U.S.C. 1031.

(l) All Federal law enforcement agencies with

investigative authority shall adopt strategies similar

to those used to address violent crime and organized

crime to disrupt and dismantle entire networks of

criminal activity.

Sec. 3. Department of Justice Designation. In the

course of and as a result of the investigations

directed by section 2 of this memorandum, the Attorney

General may recommend that any group or entity whose

members are engaged in activities meeting the

definition of ``domestic terrorism'' in 18 U.S.C.

2331(5) merits designation as a ``domestic terrorist

organization.'' The Attorney General shall submit a

list of any such groups or entities to the President

through the Assistant to the President and Homeland

Security Advisor.

Sec. 4. Domestic Terrorism as a National Priority Area.

The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland

Security shall designate domestic terrorism a national

priority area and develop appropriate grant programs to

allocate funding for law enforcement partners to

detect, prevent, and protect against threats arising

from this area.

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this

memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise

affect:

priority area and develop appropriate grant programs to

allocate funding for law enforcement partners to

detect, prevent, and protect against threats arising

from this area.

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this

memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise

affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or

the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

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(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent

with applicable law and subject to the availability of

appropriations.

(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does

not, create any right or benefit, substantive or

procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any

party against the United States, its departments,

agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or

agents, or any other person.

(d) The Secretary of Homeland Security is

authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in

the Federal Register.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, September 25, 2025

[FR Doc. 2025-19141

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