FBI-IRS Probe Nonprofits for Domestic Terrorism Links

The United States===Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States===Internal Revenue Service are forming a new initiative to investigate nonprofit organizations over suspected links to domestic terrorism. This stems from a December memo by Attorney General Pam Bondi, which ordered federal law enforcement to prioritize investigations into groups like Antifa, deemed 'extremist'. The initiative will focus on potential 'tax crimes' where extremist groups are suspected of defrauding the United States===Internal Revenue Service. A 'mission control command center' will be based at the United States===Federal Bureau of Investigation, with United States===Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation agents on temporary assignments. Critics, like Tom Brzozowski, have raised concerns about the legal basis for creating lists of targeted groups. The initiative follows an executive order on domestic terrorism issued by President Donald Trump, sparked by events including the 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk. The United States===United States Department of Justice is also creating a task force to investigate funding for Antifa-linked groups.