Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated legal action against Screwston Anti-Fascist Committee (\u201cScrewston\u201d), an Antifa-affiliated unincorporated nonprofit association, for potentially violating Texas law. <\/p>\n
\u201cRadical leftists have\u00a0engaged\u00a0in coordinated efforts to militantly\u00a0attack\u00a0our nation and\u00a0undermine the rule of law.\u00a0Screwston\u00a0and related groups\u00a0have\u00a0illegally doxed Texans and\u00a0encouraged violent terrorism against fellow citizens,\u201d said Attorney General Paxton. \u201cThese deranged traitors will face the full force of law.\u00a0No stone will be left\u00a0unturned,\u00a0and no tool will be left unused.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The investigation\u00a0aims to\u00a0determine\u00a0the exact nature of\u00a0Screwston\u2019s\u00a0involvement in\u00a0unlawful activity, including aiding in the commission of terrorism\u00a0and \u201cdoxing,\u201d in violation of\u00a0Texas law.\u00a0The organization is self-admittedly affiliated with Antifa, which has been\u00a0designated\u00a0by President Donald Trump as a terrorist organization.\u00a0Additionally,\u00a0reported members of\u00a0Screwston\u00a0affiliates\u00a0recently\u00a0participated\u00a0in an armed assault on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (\u201cICE\u201d) facility in Alvarado, Texas.\u00a0Merchandise sold by the group promotes\u00a0the death of ICE agents and encourages violence\u00a0by mentally ill \u201ctransgender\u201d individuals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
As part of the investigation, Attorney General\u00a0Paxton has issued a Request to Examine\u00a0to\u00a0Screwston,\u00a0which is a legal demand for\u00a0records and documents\u00a0that will be used\u00a0to\u00a0identify\u00a0the scope of\u00a0legal violations committed by\u00a0the\u00a0organization.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated legal action against Screwston Anti-Fascist Committee (\u201cScrewston\u201d), an Antifa-affiliated unincorporated nonprofit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,66,223,27],"class_list":["post-153862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-local","tag-news","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}