President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on September 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to ramp up investigations of unnamed groups his administration suspects of supporting political violence, signing a presidential memorandum that critics worry will be used to target his political enemies.

The directive aims to intensify efforts across the government to identify organizations backing violence perpetrated by what officials called “radical, politically motivated groups” in the wake of the killing earlier this month of conservative activist Charlie Kirk .

“We’re going to get out there and we’re going to do a pretty big number on those people,” Trump said from the Oval

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