President Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terrorist organization via an executive order in September 2025. (Diego Diaz/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Antifa is a far-left militant movement that pitches itself as an "antifascist" activist group. It has been accused of spreading violence through riots, most notably during the 2020 defund the police and Black Lives Matter riots, as well as more recently in Antifa-linked attacks on federal immigration officials and facilities as the Trump administration works to deport millions of illegal immigrants from the nation.
TRUMP CALLS ANTIFA ‘TERRORIST GROUP,’ FUELING FIGHT OVER FREE SPEECH AND LIMITS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
President Donald Trump during a meeting at the 80th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on Sept. 23, 2025 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Independent journalists who are slated to join the discussion, Fox News Digital learned, include Nick Sortor, Cam Higby, Jonathan Choe, Andy Ngo, Katie Daviscourt, James Klug, Savanah Hernandez, Nick Shirley, Brandi Kruse and Julio Rojas.
Ngo, for example, long has reported on Antifa's riots and activism in Portland, Oregon, and other cities on the West Coast, gaining national prominence in 2019 when he was attacked by masked individuals during a Portland protest. He went on to author the 2021 book, "Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy."
Sortor gained national attention in October after he was arrested in Portland during a protest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. He was initially charged with second-degree disorderly conduct before the district attorney's office dropped the charges as Sortor maintained that he was confronted by two Antifa-affiliated individuals before he was detained.
"The White House applauds these independent journalists; we look forward to hearing from those who have seen the facts for themselves and are sharing the truth about the violence, crime, and local Democrat leaders’ failure to address the problem," Jackson added in her comment to Fox News Digital. "The Fake News should tune in, they could learn a thing or two!"
HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS CHAIR, OTHER REPUBLICANS BACK TRUMP IN DESIGNATING ANTIFA A TERROR ORGANIZATION
Law enforcement officials and protesters gathered outside an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, on Sept. 28, 2025. (Getty Images)
"Antifa recruits, trains, and radicalizes young Americans to engage in this violence and suppression of political activity, then employs elaborate means and mechanisms to shield the identities of its operatives, conceal its funding sources and operations in an effort to frustrate law enforcement, and recruit additional members," the executive order stated.
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"Individuals associated with and acting on behalf of Antifa further coordinate with other organizations and entities for the purpose of spreading, fomenting, and advancing political violence and suppressing lawful political speech," it added.
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