Pressed by GStephanopoulos on a Dept. of Homeland Security report that extremist groups across the ideological spectrum are attempting to exploit the demonstrations, national security adviser Robert O'Brien continues to place blame only on the far left.
and Attorney General William Barr pointing to a militant left-wing group, claiming,"it's the violent antifa radical militants that are coming out under cover of night, traveling across state lines, using military style tactics to burn down our cities."
"The Department of Homeland Security, which reports to you, has put out intelligence notes over the weekend warning that domestic terrorists from the far-right and the far-left -- both -- are looking to exploit this," ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos said to O'Brien."It's not just antifa and the left, they're saying they're worried about the far right as well.
"You said you haven't heard about any other incitement from the right, but the DHS warning that went out this week noted specifically that the white supremacist extremist telegram channel was inciting the violence as well," Stephanopoulos said."They're saying it is both sides that are inciting violence from the outside."
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listen as President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 29, 2020, in Washington.Still, O'Brien insisted the images of destruction, violence and vandalism that played out live on television over the weekend were the fault of left-wing extremists.
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