联邦检察官已经获得了大陪审团对两名所谓的antifa运动追随者的起诉，罪名是与恐怖主义有关，因为他们参与了一项恐怖主义活动7月4日袭击根据新公开的法庭记录，在德州阿尔瓦拉多的一个冰拘留所。
起诉书似乎是继总统之后，第一次对反法西斯运动的所谓追随者提出物质支持恐怖主义的指控唐纳德·特朗普的宣言正式认定该运动为国内恐怖组织。
专家们一再质疑这一声明的合法性——正如特朗普第一个任期内执法部门的高级官员所做的那样——因为该运动没有公开的领导结构，而且执法部门在将国内团体定性为恐怖分子方面有很大的法定限制。
被起诉的两人卡梅伦·阿诺德(Cameron Arnold)和扎卡里·埃维兹(Zachary Evetts)此前被控涉嫌在移民和海关执法局设施伏击联邦特工，并试图杀害两名狱警和一名阿尔瓦拉多警察，但大陪审团的起诉书指控两人另外还向恐怖分子提供物质支持。
福克斯新闻频道是第一个报道指控的消息。
在德克萨斯州北区提交的起诉书中，检察官将antifa描述为“由个人和小团体网络组成的激进企业，主要归因于革命无政府主义者或自治的马克思主义意识形态，明确呼吁推翻美国政府、执法当局和法律体系。”
他们声称Arnold和Evetts作为“Antifa cell”的一部分，策划并协调了7月4日对ICE设施的袭击，使用枪支和烟花来袭击狱警。
“一些Antifa小组成员讨论了后勤、以前的现场侦察以及设施中安全摄像头的位置。他们交换了一张显示附近警察局位置的Prarieland及周边地区的地图，”起诉书称。例如，一名Antifa小组成员在一次群聊中说，他们将“带一辆马车来装盔甲和步枪”。"
DOJ charges alleged antifa followers with terrorism offense for attack on Alvarado ICE facility
Federal prosecutors have secured a grand jury indictment of two alleged followers of the antifa movement on terrorism-related charges stemming from their involvement in aJuly 4 attackon an ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, according to newly unsealed court records.
The indictment appears to be the first time a charge of material support to terrorism has been applied to alleged followers of the anti-fascist movement, following PresidentDonald Trump's declarationofficially designating the movement as a domestic terrorist organization.
Experts have repeatedly questioned the legality of that proclamation -- as did senior officials in law enforcement during Trump's first term in office -- given that the movement has no publicly known leadership structure and there are significant statutory limitations on law enforcement being able to designate domestic groups as terrorists.
The two men who were indicted, Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts, were previously charged in connection with the alleged ambush of federal agents at the ICE facility and attempting to kill two correctional officers and an Alvarado police officer, but the grand jury indictment charges both with an additional count of providing material support to terrorists.
Fox News wasfirst to reportnews of the charges.
In the indictment, filed in the Northern District of Texas, prosecutors describe antifa as a "militant enterprise made up of networks of individuals and small groups primarily ascribing to a revolutionary anarchist or autonomous Marxist ideology, which explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States government, law enforcement authorities, and the system of law."
They allege that Arnold and Evetts operated as part of an "Antifa cell" that planned and coordinated the July 4 attack on the ICE facility using firearms and fireworks to target correctional officers.
"Some Antifa Cell members discussed logistics, previous site reconnaissance, and locations of security cameras at the facility. They exchanged a map of Prarieland and the surrounding area that showed the locations of nearby police stations," the indictment says. "One Antifa Cell member, for example, said in one group chat that they would be "bringing a wagon to hold armor and rifles."
