Domestic Terrorism

The sentencing comes three months after a weeks-long trial in which prosecutors argued the group was a "North Texas antifa cell" with anti-ICE and anti-government beliefs.

The new defendants are charged with hindering the prosecution of terrorism. The indictments make 22 total defendants in the case, spanning federal and state courts.

A judge moved Dario Sanchez's trial from next week to June 22 after a court hearing Monday. Sanchez also declined prosecutors' offer to testify against a fellow defendant in exchange for immunity.

In the press, top DOJ officials touted guilty verdicts in the Prairieland ICE shooting trial as the first step to getting "antifa" off the streets. The term legally mattered less than they let on — but the convictions serve a larger political game plan that's only just begun.

Nine defendants convicted on federal terrorism related charges this month in connection to a nonfatal July 4 shooting of a police officer outside the Prairieland immigration detention filed motions Friday to overturn their jury verdicts and request a new trial.

Nine defendants face a mix of 12 charges, the most serious of which are three counts of attempted murder against U.S. officers or employees.

The jury is expected to begin deliberating after hearing closing arguments and being read the jury charge Wednesday.

Prosecutors will likely rest their case early this week after two weeks of presenting evidence in what the Trump administration calls the first domestic terrorism case associated with “antifa."

Anti-fascism, anarchy and the abolition of ICE were common themes in literature and paraphernalia investigators found in the defendants' homes and cars.

Alleged antifa materials and a self-defense theory that could change the trajectory of the case: Here’s what jurors learned in week one of the Prairieland trial.

A second round of jury selection begins in federal court Monday after the judge declared a mistrial last week. Nine defendants are accused in the nonfatal shooting of a police officer July 4.

Judge Mark Pittman's order comes after he declared a mistrial during jury selection Tuesday. He believed a defense attorney wearing a shirt depicting civil rights protest imagery was an attempt to sway prospective jurors' opinions.