Bill Barr points to Antifa, ‘foreign actors’ as instigators of violence at protests
At a press conference Thursday, Attorney General Bill Barr called out the radical “extremist groups” that have been egging on these riots in many cities. What’s more, he alleged that some of them come from beyond America’s shores. “extremist agitators” are “hijacking” protests across the U.S. over the recent death of 46-year-old George Floyd in police custody “to pursue their own separate and violent agenda” — and “foreign actors” are egging them on! Barr said he wanted to make a “distinction between three different sets of actors here.” “The large preponderance of those who are protesting are peaceful demonstrators who are exercising their First Amendment rights,” Barr said in video shared by the Daily Caller. “At some demonstrations, however, there are groups that exploit the opportunity to engage in such crimes as looting,” the AG added. But that’s not all. Barr said the Department of Justice (DOJ) also has “evidence that Antifa and other similar extremist groups, as well as actors
