More National Security Threats Come From Domestic Left-Wing Extremists: Experts

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National security analysts, scholars, and a federal indictment reveal that threats from left-wing extremist groups in the United States are more dangerous than right-wing and โ€œMAGA Republicanโ€ groups recently cited by the Biden administration as โ€œthreats to democracy.โ€

According to the U.S. government, some of the left-wing groups are being funded by Russian influence operations to โ€œsow discord, spread pro-Russian propaganda, and interfere in elections within the United States.โ€

On July 29, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of a Russian national for working on behalf of the Russian government to sow discord in the United States.

โ€œFrom at least December 2014 until March 2022, Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov, a resident of Moscow, together with at least three Russian officials, engaged in a years-long foreign malign influence campaign targeting the United Statesโ€ the indictment alleged.

A DOJ press release stated, โ€œIonovโ€”working under the supervision of the FSB [Russiaโ€™s Federal Security Services] and with the Russian governmentโ€™s supportโ€”recruited political groups within the United States, including U.S. Political Group 1 in Florida, U.S. Political Group 2 in Georgia, and U.S. Political Group 3 in California, and exercised direction or control over them on behalf of the FSB.โ€

Russia Supports Left-wing Groups

Ionovโ€™s activities were not in support of right-wing groups, the operation was allegedly funding left-wing groups that promoted socialism, defunding police, and California secession, according to multiple reports.

In August, the Tampa Bay Times reported that โ€œPolitical Group 1โ€ named in the indictment is the African Peopleโ€™s Socialist Party (APSP) of St Petersburg, Florida. On the groupโ€™s website, its chairman, Omali Yeshitela, is quoted as saying โ€œwe need a revolutionโ€ and promotes calls for reparations for slavery. On July 29, the same day the indictment for Ionov was unsealed, it was raided by the FBI, according to the APSP. When contacted for comment, a spokesman for the APSP said it was unlikely that the group would be able to answer questions from The Epoch Times based on advice from counsel.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution identified โ€œPolitical Group 2โ€ in a July 29 article as the Atlanta-based Black Hammer Party. On May 31, 2020, the groupโ€™s website featured a statement by Ionov responding to the death of George Floyd that stated:

โ€œJustice for George Floyd and all Colonized people (aka โ€œpeople of colorโ€), who have died at the hands of White Power Colonial terrorism (aka americaโ€™s racist police system).โ€

By Scott Wheeler

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