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According to Wikipedia (maybe not optimal source), via the PATRIOT Act, groups can be designated as domestic terrorists.

I don’t know anything about this topic. Can you expand why you said that there is no “...legal authority to designate a domestic organization as a terrorist group”.

I’m no asking about Antifa specifically but generally.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_Un...

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The very first sentence of the Wikipedia article you linked to has your answer: "Domestic terrorism in the United States consists of incidents confirmed as terrorist acts."

incidents confirmed as terrorist acts. The PATRIOT act defines acts of terrorism.

It's on a case-by-case basis. It is not possible to take a domestic organization and designate it wholesale as terrorists.

The page also explains that there is no federal criminal offense that is "domestic terrorism".

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