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to resolving the case. Lawyersfor Wright and Durham did notrespond to emails seeking commentThursday evening.Wright was a sheriff with alarge presence in the county ofabout 370,000 people for morethan 20 years before resigningearlier this year.His career began to unravelafter a newspaper obtained hiscounty-owned credit card recordsand found he spent morethan ,000 over less thanseven years on Apple purchases,steakhouses, high-end hotels,streaming video services, AmazonPrime subscriptions and aketo diet program, according tothe Post and Courier.Flight logs obtained by thenewspaper suggested Wright,who is a pilot, used the sheriff’soffice helicopter for flights thathad no law enforcement purpose,and Wright faced an ethicsinvestigation for hiring his ownson as a deputy.The stories led to state andfederal investigations.Wright agreed to plead guiltyin federal court to conspiracy tocommit theft concerning programsreceiving federal funds,conspiracy to commit wire fraudand obtaining controlled substancesthrough misrepresentation.The maximum penalty for allthree counts combined is nearly30 years.PRESIDENT TRUMP LABELSANTIFA AS ‘DOMESTIC TER-RORIST ORGANIZATIONWASHINGTON D.C. — On Monday,President Donald Trumpsigned an executive order directingfederal agencies to treat the“antifa” movement as a “domesticterrorist organization,” escalatinga long-running politicaland legal battle over how theU.S. government polices ideologicallymotivated violence athome.In a statement accompanyingthe order, the White Housesaid agencies must “investigate,disrupt, and dismantle” illegalactivity by people affiliated withantifa, including probing fundingstreams and pursuing material-supportcharges where possible.While the move carries unmistakablepolitical symbolism,legal experts note that U.S. lawdoes not provide a formal mechanismto designate domesticgroups as terrorist organizations,raising immediate questionsabout how the directive will beimplemented.The announcement followsthe September 18th assassinationof conservative commentatorCharlie Kirk, an incident theadministration has cited as partof a broader pattern of politicalviolence.According to the text andofficials’ briefings, the orderinstructs the Justice Department,FBI, and other agencies toprioritize investigations of allegedAntifa-linked crimes andto use existing statutes, such asconspiracy, rioting, and domesticterrorism enhancements topursue cases. It does not createnew criminal offenses or conferthe same sanctions authority thatcomes with listing foreign terroristorganizations under federallaw.That distinction matters. Unlikeforeign terrorist groups, whichthe State Department can formallylist and thereby triggersweeping penalties for “materialsupport,” there is no parallel U.S.list for domestic organizations,an intentional gap rooted in FirstAmendment protections.The United States has, for decades,avoided a domestic-terrorlist to prevent the governmentfrom criminalizing associationwith political movements. Scholarswarn that branding a broadlabel like “antifa” as terrorismcould chill lawful protest andinvite viewpoint-based policing.62 The BLUES OCTOBER ‘25

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