Biden Orders Probe of Domestic ‘Extremism’ For Riot, Psaki Says
- President requests ‘comprehensive threat assessment’
- Administration will seek to disrupt violent extremist networks
Jen Psaki at the White House on Friday.
Photographer: Ken Cedeno/UPI/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. intelligence community to work with law enforcement agencies to probe what his administration calls “domestic violent extremism” after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Friday that Biden had requested Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to conduct “a comprehensive threat assessment, coordinated with the FBI and DHS on domestic violent extremism,” using an acronym for the Department of Homeland Security.