First Antifa Terrorism Convictions in U.S. History

For the first time in U.S. history, arrested violent far-left defendants have admitted in federal court to being members of an organized Antifa terror cell. Seth Sikes, Joy Abigail Gibson, Lynette Read Sharp, Nathan Baumann, and John Phillip Thomas — pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists and being part of an Antifa cell in a July 4 ambush attack on the Prairieland ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas.

According to court documents, the defendants confessed that their “Antifa cell” planned the assault as a “direct action” intended to influence government policy through intimidation and violence.

The plea deals mark a legal and political milestone. Please read my latest report in The Post Millennial about the case. ---More...

Fox 4 local in Texas reports on the indictments and convictions of members of a North Texas Antifa cell who carried out an ambush shooting attack near Fort Worth. The case is not receiving much national or any international media attention despite five defendants so far admitting… pic.twitter.com/kQPUaVz3RN

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Fox 4 local in Texas reports on the indictments and convictions of members of a North Texas Antifa cell who carried out an ambush shooting attack near Fort Worth. The case is not receiving much national or any international media attention despite five defendants so far admitting to being members of an organized Antifa terror cell.