Patel Vows To Hunt Down, Dismantle Networks Funding Left-Wing Violence

WASHINGTON, D.C. — FBI Director Kash Patel issued a direct warning to left-wing extremist financiers on Wednesday, vowing that the bureau — in coordination with the Treasury Department, Justice Department, and Department of Homeland Security — will unmask and dismantle the networks funding political violence across America.

“We are following the money. Money never lies,” Patel declared during a White House roundtable event. “And that’s what it’s going to take to bring down this network of organized criminal thugs, gang bangers, and yes, domestic terrorists — because that’s what they are.”

Patel said the new multi-agency initiative will trace every financial trail and organizational link tied to domestic terror operations.

“We will not rest until we find every single seed, money, donor, organization, and funding mechanism that we have,” he said. “They will not be able to hide. They were able to hide and conspire with prior administrations, and we are exposing their corruption from within. And we will go to every single city in this country.”

Trump’s Executive Order Targets Political Violence

The roundtable came weeks after President Donald J. Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at combating domestic terrorism and organized political violence.

The directive instructs federal agencies to identify and disrupt left-wing extremist groups and their financial backers — what Trump described as “professional anarchists and agitators” working to destabilize the nation.

“These are anarchists and agitators. Professional anarchists and agitators — and they get hired by wealthy people,” Trump said at the time. “You wouldn’t know it. Have dinner with them, everything’s nice, and then you find out they funded millions of dollars to these lunatics.”

While Trump did not name individuals in that earlier statement, he later indicated he personally knows some of those allegedly bankrolling the unrest.

“To Dismantle Left-Wing Terrorism. To Dismantle Antifa.”

Flanked by Cabinet officials in the Oval Office, Trump described the executive order as a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy for domestic extremists.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller made the administration’s intent unmistakable:

“To dismantle left-wing terrorism. To dismantle Antifa. To dismantle the organizations that have been carrying out these acts of political violence and terrorism.”

The order directs the FBI’s National Joint Terrorism Task Force to pursue investigations and prosecutions of individuals and groups responsible for acts of political intimidation and violence.

Patel emphasized that financial tracing is key to bringing these operations down.

“People and organizations have collected funds and put them out into the streets of America and organized violence across our country,” he said.

Terror at Home: ICE Officers Under Attack

The executive order followed a deadly attack on an ICE facility in Dallas, which came just a day before its signing. The Department of Homeland Security reported a 1,000% spike in assaults on ICE agents over the past year.

Vice President J.D. Vance told Fox News that the escalation was fueled by reckless anti-law-enforcement rhetoric from Democrats and the corporate media.

“The Democrats and the media, because they so hate the idea of a real border, are engaging in the type of blood libel against ICE agents,” Vance said.

Criminal Investigations Into Soros Network

Trump later pointed directly to left-wing billionaires George Soros and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, accusing them of funding Antifa-linked groups.

Last month, a senior Justice Department official reportedly directed multiple U.S. attorneys’ offices to prepare criminal investigations into the Open Society Foundations, the international network bankrolled by Soros.

According to The New York Times, prosecutors are exploring charges including racketeering, arson, wire fraud, and providing material support to terrorism.

The development underscores that federal prosecutors are actively following through on President Trump’s demand for a criminal probe into Soros and his affiliated entities.

The President’s focus intensified following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah — an act Trump has cited as proof that political violence from the far left has reached dangerous new levels.

“We’re not just exposing them,” Patel said. “We’re going to shut them down — every last one of them.”