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Scott Bessent: “In the fall, the United States designated 4 far left Antifa…”

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: We're Cracking Down on Terror Financing

Published | Video Starts at 01:42

And of course, we will hold these organizations, officers, directors, accountable. And just as financial institution must know their clients, they must know their grantees. That work is well underway. In the fall, the United States designated 4 far left Antifa extremist groups abroad as foreign terrorist organization, denying them access to the U.S. financial system. and depriving them of resources they need to carry out attacks. Meanwhile, in this administration alone, OFACT has also sanctioned 17 sham charities and nonprofit organizations for funding Hamas's terrorist activities and operations. (01:42)

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Asserts that the U.S. designated four Antifa groups abroad as foreign terrorist organizations, cutting off their financial access.

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