Mockery erupts over Trump DOJ’s ’embarrassing’ evidence in Antifa indictments

Federal prosecutors revealed details Tuesday of a 94-page indictment against 15 individuals they alleged to be affiliated with Antifa – the loosely organized anti-fascist movement that the Trump administration has designated as a terrorist organization – though mockery soon ensued after prosecutors shared a particularly “embarrassing” piece of evidence.

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Speaking at a press conference in Minnesota, U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen announced that a federal indictment had been unsealed charging 15 defendants with “conspiracy to injure federal officers,” among other charges. He went on to share with reporters evidence supporting the indictment, with one example sparking widespread mockery among critics.

“You see here a Facebook post from one of the defendants writing, quote: ‘We need to become ungovernable,’” Rosen said, pointing to a monitor with a screengrab of the social media post in question displayed.

“Embarrassing,” noted the progressive media outlet The Tennessee Holler in a social media post on X.

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“Oh, so they have NOTHING nothing,” quipped independent journalist Aaron Rupar.

And Jim Stewartson, an entertainment producer and political commentator, argued the press conference made a “mockery” of the American justice system.

“Wait. That’s evidence of something?” Stewartson asked in a social media post on X to his nearly 150,000 followers. “Justice Department, if you keep making a mockery of the American justice system and acting as a personal defense firm for the demented pedophile running the country, you are god—— right we will become ‘ungovernable.’ Welcome to America.”

Rosen not only received scrutiny from critics online, but from a journalist attending the press conference in person, Minnesota Reformer’s Madison McVan, who noted that more than a third of the individuals named in the indictment had already had their charges dismissed.

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“I don’t think any cases have failed in any way,” Rosen pushed back.

“It’s actually half now,” another reporter could be heard interjecting.