Prosecution and Defense Rest in Trial of Alleged Texas Antifa Cell

DALLAS—The prosecution rested Tuesday in a landmark domestic terrorism case against an alleged Texas Antifa cell, as did attorneys for all nine defendants, setting up closing arguments on March 11. The defense attorneys declined to present a case after the prosecution rested. In the trial, now in its third week at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth, the government alleges that an Antifa cell launched a coordinated attack against the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility housing illegal immigrants outside Dallas on July 4, 2025. The prosecution’s case included testimony from a terrorism expert to bolster the government’s argument that Antifa is an operational group, not just an ideology, as the defense claimed during its cross-examination of witnesses....