October 8, 2025 – Highlights of Trump’s White House roundtable on Antifa violence

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US President Donald Trump chairs a roundtable about Antifa in the White House State Dining Room (Credit: Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump hosted a White House roundtable discussion on Antifa violence—focusing on the anti-fascist movement’s alleged role in domestic unrest. The event took place in the State Dining Room and featured administration officials, conservative influencers, and independent journalists who shared personal accounts of confrontations with Antifa members.

Key Participants The event included a mix of high-level officials and media figures critical of Antifa:
Category
Participants
Administration Officials
– President Donald Trump (host) – Attorney General Pam Bondi – Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem – FBI Director Kash Patel – Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche – White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller – White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
Journalists & Influencers
– Andy Ngo (conservative journalist, known for covering Antifa in Portland) – Jack Posobiec (right-wing commentator) – Brandi Kruse (former reporter focused on Portland protests) – Nick Sortor (independent journalist recently arrested near an ICE facility in Portland) – Jonathan Choe (Seattle-based reporter)

(Grok)

During a press conference on Wednesday, President Trump said “the people that fund [antifa]. Probably some of the people I know, some of the people I dine with.”

Andy Ngo, an independent journalist for The Post Millennial, a Canadian conservative news site, spoke to President Donald Trump Wednesday during a roundtable about covering protests and Antifa.

Ngo described the times he has been attacked while covering protests.

“Thank you so much for acknowledging Antifa, and directing your administration to treat them as domestic terrorists. It’s going to be really challenging.”

During the meeting, independent journalists from the Pacific Northwest shared their encounters with Antifa while covering protests.

Brandi Kruse, an independent journalist based in Seattle who has developed a large following through her political Podcast unDivided with Brandi Kruse, urged the federal government to take action.

“So we want the federal government to take as many cases as possible,” Kruse said. “Look at the interstate travel between Portland and Seattle when it comes to these people committing violent acts. And hopefully in 3 and a half years they will be a shell of their former selves.”

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Another Independent investigative journalist Katie Daviscourt also attended and recounted her experience of being injured during a protest at a Portland ICE facility.

“Black clad anarchist militants concealing their faces behind facial coverings have been assaulting reporters just for being able to cover their crimes,” Daviscourt said. “Today I am sitting here with a black eye and a concussion after being violently hit in the face with a pole while reporting outside the ICE facility just this past week.”

Seamus Bruner

During a White House roundtable on Wednesday, President Donald Trump met with independent journalists and researchers who’ve directly encountered Antifa’s violence.

Among the panelists was Seamus Bruner, research director at the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), who described the administration’s “whole-of-government” crackdown now underway.

“President Trump is taking it very seriously,” Bruner said. “This is not just a story about violence and chaos, as you alluded to, Mr. President. This is a money story. At the Government Accountability Institute, my colleague Peter Schweizer and I, along with our team, followed the money — and we followed it to the top of what we call the protest industrial complex: Riot, Inc.”

Bruner laid out shocking findings from GAI’s research, revealing that over $100 million has flowed through radical networks connected to Antifa and similar groups, including at least $4 million in U.S. taxpayer cash.

He noted that these networks bankroll bail funds and activist legal groups that help violent offenders return to the streets within hours of arrest, perpetuating an endless protest cycle in Democrat-run cities like Portland, Seattle, and Chicago.

GAI investigations, Bruner said, have uncovered patterns of paid transportation, coordinated logistics, and exploitation of homeless individuals, all tied to left-wing funding pipelines that stretch across states.

Perhaps most damning, Bruner revealed that U.S. taxpayer funds have been intertwined with these radical networks, either through grants to partner nonprofits or government-backed foundations.

He specifically cited the “Stop Cop City” riots in Atlanta, where more than 60 militants were charged with domestic terrorism, noting that several groups involved received money from the same pool of left-wing foundations and government grants.

Seamus Bruner:
“We found a network of NGOs. It’s not just the Soros network — the Open Society network — it’s other funding networks: the Arabella funding network, the Tides funding network, Neville Roy Singham and his network, and foreign cash. It’s also big left-wing funders. Some of them are not even citizens of this country — Mr. Hansjörg Wyss of Switzerland.

They’re pouring money into this entire ecosystem. So I want to share three money facts with you about what we call Riot, Inc.
Number one: like any corporation, Riot, Inc. has many divisions.

It doesn’t just have the Antifa “boots-on-the-ground” division — it has PR divisions, marketing divisions, and a very well-funded legal division to get these “boots on the ground” back on the streets as quickly as possible.

But it does have those investors that I mentioned.

Number two: we have identified dozens of radical organizations — not just the decentralized Antifa groups — but dozens of radical organizations that have received more than $100 million from the Riot, Inc. investors. These would be the lawyer groups, the advocacy groups that label good, honest Americans as “fascists,” etc.

And then, number three — I think the most shocking thing — we found that more than $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funding has flowed into these funding networks, including at least $4 million directly to these groups themselves.

Not just Antifa types. There was an event in Atlanta called “Stop Cop City.” Over 60 rioters were charged with domestic terrorism. These groups received money for that — from both the billionaire class and taxpayer funds.

One other thing — this money also helps fund decentralized crowdfunding platforms. These are the ways Antifa, the John Brown Gun Club of Elm Fork (which had links to the attack on the ICE facility), and the Socialist Rifle Association receive money.

And just because they don’t have LLCs or EIN numbers doesn’t mean they can’t get paid. Some of these crowdfunding platforms are funded by this network we call Riot, Inc.

So again, I want to thank you for your leadership — for the whole Cabinet’s leadership on this. We’re going to keep following the money and appreciate everything you’re doing, sir.”

Elon Musk chimed in, blasting the report and declaring, “It’s way more than $100 million in U.S. taxpayer money.”

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