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Donald Trump: “These aren't protests, these are crimes.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Signs a Presidential Memorandum, Sep. 15, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 25:48

And also I've been speaking to the attorney general about bringing RICO against some of the people that you've been reading about that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars for agitation. These aren't protests, these are crimes. What they're doing where they're throwing bricks at cars of the, of ICE and Border Patrol, they come in with beautiful new car. They're so proud. (25:48–25:52)

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Asserts that certain activities labeled as protests are actually criminal acts.

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