Trump Moves Toward Terror Designation for Muslim Brotherhood
President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a decision he says will be issued “in the strongest and most powerful terms,” with final documents already being drafted.
The State Department’s FTO list—used to choke off financial support and global networks for terror-linked groups—currently includes ISIS, Boko Haram, and Hamas. Trump has contemplated the Brotherhood designation since his first term, citing the organization’s long global reach since its founding nearly a century ago in Egypt.
Momentum has been building on Capitol Hill as well. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced legislation this summer pushing for the designation, calling the Brotherhood a source of ideological fuel for extremist violence. Her bill would activate financial sanctions, travel bans, and expanded law-enforcement tools.
The issue resurfaced last month when DHS confirmed a British journalist suspected of ties to the Brotherhood was in ICE custody facing deportation—an episode adding urgency to the administration’s deliberations.
DOJ Employee Charged with Terrorism After Doxxing Federal Agent
In South Texas, a U.S. Department of Justice employee confronts state terrorism charges following the doxxing of a federal agent during a June border-enforcement operation.
Karen Olvera De Leon, employed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brownsville, is accused of revealing an agent’s identity in a livestream comment thread moments after another commenter issued what authorities considered a death threat. Investigators traced the doxxing back to her account, prompting her arrest on terrorism and evidence-tampering charges.
She was released on a $20,000 personal recognizance bond.
The incident comes as border-enforcement personnel face escalating threats. In July, a gunman armed in tactical gear opened fire at a Border Patrol building near the McAllen airport, injuring an officer before being killed in a firefight with police and agents.
Slender Man Fugitive Captured After Cutting Off Ankle Monitor
A nationwide manhunt for Morgan Geyser—the Wisconsin woman convicted in the notorious 2014 “Slender Man” stabbing—ended Sunday night after authorities located her in Illinois around 10:34 p.m., the Madison Police Department confirmed.
Geyser sparked an intense search after she cut off her Department of Corrections monitoring bracelet and fled a Madison group home on Saturday night. Police announced her disappearance Sunday morning, releasing recent surveillance images and urging the public to call 911 with sightings.
Geyser, now in her early 20s, pleaded guilty in 2017 to attempted first-degree intentional homicide for the attack on childhood friend Payton Leutner, whom she stabbed 19 times at age 12 in an attempt to appease the fictional horror character Slender Man. She was ultimately found not guilty by reason of mental defect and has been held at Winnebago Mental Health Institute for the past seven years.
Her conditional release allowed her to reside in a supervised group home, where she was staying before her escape. She had been permitted to petition the court for reconsideration of her confinement every six months.
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