FBI Urged to Add Domestic Terror Category: Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violence
In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and other violent incidents linked to transgender ideology, The Oversight Project is pressing the FBI to create a new domestic terrorism category: Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violence and Extremism (TIVE). The organization argues that the Bureau could then act immediately, without congressional approval, to “detect, disrupt, and dismantle TIVE cells.”
Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project, stressed that this effort is not about labeling all transgender people as extremists but about responding to a dangerous trend. He explained that rhetoric equating words with violence has created a climate where troubled individuals feel justified in carrying out attacks. “If you believe someone is trying to ‘eradicate you,’ violence becomes justified. That’s the threat we’re facing,” Howell said.
The Oversight Project, which previously uncovered the autopen clemency controversy, is now urging federal law enforcement to apply consistent standards to emerging domestic terrorism threats and to close loopholes that allow ideologically motivated violence to incubate online and spill into real-world attacks.
When I interviewed Howell, he described the Oversight Project as an investigative and litigation group spun off from the Heritage Foundation earlier this year. Staffed by former federal agents and lawyers, the organization, in his words, “sues a lot of people.” Howell noted that his own background includes service as a congressional staffer and as a Trump administration official, with most of his government work focused on homeland security oversight and litigation.
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