SEATTLE (NewsNation) — A report from two conservative think tanks alleges that members of antifa, the decentralized antifascist movement, have embedded themselves within the homeless industrial complex and not only in Seattle's homeless services sector.
NewsNation came to Seattle to investigate and found evidence supporting the report's claims, with activists confronting volunteers and disrupting encampment cleanup efforts.
The report, presented to President Donald Trump in early October by the Capital Research Center and Discovery Institute, claims militant activists intentionally disrupt homeless encampment clearances and perpetuate street disorder to advance antigovernment objectives.
Jonathan Choe, a researcher with the Discovery Institute who contributed to the report, told NewsNat