Ideology of violent extremists in the U.S. in 2018. The majority of attacks were by white supremacists. Graphic: New Jersey Office of Homeland Security Preparedness (NJOHSP)
Ideology of violent extremists in the U.S. in 2018. The majority of attacks were by white supremacists. Graphic: New Jersey Office of Homeland Security Preparedness (NJOHSP)

By Jana Winter and Hunter Walker
8 August 2019

WASHINGTON (Yahoo News) – Alleged white supremacists were responsible for all race-based domestic terrorism incidents in 2018, according to a government document distributed earlier this year to state, local and federal law enforcement.

The document, which has not been previously reported on, becomes public as the Trump administration’s Justice Department has been unable or unwilling to provide data to Congress on white supremacist domestic terrorism.

The data in this document, titled “Domestic Terrorism in 2018”, appears to be what Congress has been asking for — and didn’t get.

First Lady Melania Trump holds the two-month-old son of Jordan and Andre Anchondo, who were killed in the El Paso shooting last week, as she and President Donald J. Trump pose for photos and meet members of the Anchondo family on 7 August 2019 at the University Medical Center of El Paso in El Paso, Texas. Both are smiling as President Trump gives a thumbs-up. Jordan and Andre Anchondo were among the 22 people killed in a mass shooting on 3 August 2019 at a Walmart in El Paso. Photo: Andrea Hanks / White House
First Lady Melania Trump holds the two-month-old son of Jordan and Andre Anchondo, who were killed in the El Paso shooting last week, as she and President Donald J. Trump pose for photos and meet members of the Anchondo family on 7 August 2019 at the University Medical Center of El Paso in El Paso, Texas. Both are smiling as President Trump gives a thumbs-up. Jordan and Andre Anchondo were among the 22 people killed in a mass shooting on 3 August 2019 at a Walmart in El Paso. Photo: Andrea Hanks / White House

The document, dated 15 April 2019, shows 25 of the 46 individuals allegedly involved in 32 different domestic terrorism incidents were identified as white supremacists. It was prepared by New Jersey’s Office of Homeland Security Preparedness, one of the main arteries of information sharing, and sent throughout the DHS fusion center network as well as federal agencies, including the FBI.

“This map reflects 32 domestic terrorist attacks, disrupted plots, threats of violence, and weapons stockpiling by individuals with a radical political or social agenda who lack direction or influence from foreign terrorist organizations in 2018,” the document says. […]

Targets of violent extremists in the U.S. in 2018. The largest percentage of attacks was against African Americans (“Black People”). Graphic: New Jersey Office of Homeland Security Preparedness (NJOHSP)
Targets of violent extremists in the U.S. in 2018. The largest percentage of attacks was against African Americans (“Black People”). Graphic: New Jersey Office of Homeland Security Preparedness (NJOHSP)

An aide to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who is also on the Judiciary Committee, said it was “disappointing” to discover the Justice Department has information it has been “unable or unwilling” to provide to senators.

“This is disappointing but unfortunately not surprising. In April, the Justice Department and the FBI briefed Senate Judiciary Committee staff on domestic terrorism, nearly six months after Sen. Durbin’s office first requested the briefing,” the aide said. “At the briefing, the DOJ and the FBI were unable or unwilling to provide precise data on white supremacist terrorism, and neither agency has responded to our repeated follow-up questions since the briefing.” [more]

Here’s the data on white supremacist terrorism the Trump administration has been ‘unable or unwilling’ to give to Congress