By FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is closing in on a major revelation about the funding and organization of groups such as Antifa, which have been tied to violent demonstrations and attacks nationwide. In a wide-ranging interview on the “Just the News, No Noise” program, Patel also confirmed that federal investigators are examining alleged abuses involving the misuse of government agencies.
“We are looking at so many different leads on criminal activity by those who are in positions of power, and we’re not going to stop until every single one of those is fully exposed,” Patel told Just The News, emphasizing the FBI’s determination to root out corruption within government ranks.
Patel indicated that evidence gathered by investigators is being shared with Congress and the courts, hinting at new criminal cases in the works. “These indictments that you’ve seen, and the ones that you’re going to see coming up here in this near future, are just the beginning,” he said.
He has also led efforts to release long-suppressed records tied to some of the most politically charged investigations in recent memory — including the Russia probe, the Ukraine impeachment, the January 6 Capitol events, and the FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida home. These disclosures have already prompted charges against former FBI Director James Comey and former National Security Advisor John Bolton for alleged misconduct involving leaks and mishandling of sensitive material.
Patel cautioned Americans to be patient as investigators dismantle what he called a deeply entrenched culture of corruption. “They spent 20 years building this diseased temple of corruption,” he said. “It takes a little bit of time to defeat it and beat it down. I’m not asking you to trust me. I’m asking you to look at the work the men and women of the FBI have done so far in these seven, eight months, and just imagine what we’re going to do come the year’s end.”
A central focus of the bureau’s ongoing work, Patel said, is following financial trails that could expose foreign or nonprofit funding behind Antifa and related anarchist movements. “Look, the thing I can tell you is that money doesn’t lie, and the thing we’re doing at the FBI is following the money,” he explained. “And thanks to President Trump, we now have Antifa designated, rightfully so, as a domestic terror organization. And we have had multiple investigations going on.”
Just The News also published the Antifa indictment.
Patel said online citizen reporters have helped federal investigators track these financial flows. His remarks came shortly after a Texas grand jury indicted two men — Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts — on terrorism charges for an alleged attack on a federal ICE facility. Both face counts of aiding terrorism and attempting to kill federal employees.
To uncover who is bankrolling such groups, Patel said the bureau has created “an entire new program and division dedicated to rooting out the money that is funding these operations, whether it’s U.S. based or internationally.” He added, “Someone is paying for this. These are organized acts of violence, fully funded by people who don’t even live necessarily in these communities, showing up in the dozens with the same placards, the same helmets, the same riot gear. Someone’s paying for it, and we’re on the verge of finding that out next to these new authorities.”
Patel also suggested investigators are finding overlap between Antifa networks and online communities linked to radicalized transgender activists. “I think there’s going to be some crossover, for sure,” he said, warning that social media and gaming platforms have become hotbeds for extremist recruitment. “You have Antifa that goes on these gaming platforms and no one’s overseeing them… they’re taking advantage of lawful use of these mechanisms to make basically an anarchist system that wants to take down the United States government.”
Over the past month, several Antifa figures have fled the country rather than face the consequences of their actions.
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