Declassified Docs Labeled You as a Domestic Violent Extremist If You Opposed COVID Mandates [WATCH]

Newly declassified documents released Friday by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard show that federal agencies under the Biden-Harris administration labeled Americans who opposed COVID-19 mandates as potential “Domestic Violent Extremists” (DVEs), sparking new scrutiny over the government’s response to political dissent during the pandemic.

The documents, first obtained by Public and Catherine Herridge Reports, reveal that the FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) jointly produced an intelligence assessment on December 13, 2021, titled “DVEs and Foreign Analogues May React Violently to COVID-19 Mitigation Mandates.”

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The reports declassified by @DNIGabbard suggest the Biden administration’s political goals, such as full compliance with the COVID vaccine mandates, drove intelligence collection requirements so that raw data would reinforce, not undercut the policy.

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— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) May 23, 2025

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Former FBI agent Steve Friend told Public that the DVE label gave federal authorities an “articulable purpose” to initiate assessments on individuals—a preliminary step in launching investigations.

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This meant Americans critical of vaccine and mask mandates could be flagged for federal scrutiny as potential domestic terror threats.

The report categorized criticism of pandemic mandates as “prominent narratives” connected to violent extremism.

These included concerns about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, especially for children, as well as beliefs that the mandates were part of a government conspiracy to undermine civil liberties or establish a new political order.

“The belief that COVID-19 vaccines are unsafe, especially for children, are part of a government or global conspiracy to deprive individuals of their civil liberties and livelihoods, or are designed to start a new social or political order,” the report stated.

NEW: Biden Administration Labeled Opponents Of Covid Mandates As “Domestic Violent Extremists,” Newly Released Documents Show

The designation infringed on the First Amendment and opened the door to investigating Americans for vaccine mandate skepticism.

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— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) May 23, 2025

Friend emphasized that the DVE designation had further implications beyond law enforcement.

“It’s a way they could go to social media companies and say, ‘You don’t want to propagate domestic terrorism, so you should take down this content,’” he explained, indicating that this label was used to justify social media censorship of anti-mandate views.

Director Gabbard appeared on Fox News with host Will Cain to discuss the release of the documents.

She explained that the strategy outlined in the documents aimed to identify individuals “who may likely turn out to be domestic violent extremists or those who may turn to violence because of these specific ‘ideologies’ that they hold.”

Gabbard noted that these so-called dangerous ideologies frequently overlapped with protected First Amendment activities, including criticism of Biden administration policies.

“There’s a consistent thread through here that these ideologies that they are characterizing as potentially turning into potentially violent activities happen to be people who were using their First Amendment rights to oppose certain policies of the Biden Administration,” Gabbard said.

She added that examples cited in the report included parents concerned about school COVID policies, those opposing vaccine mandates, and individuals wary of forced vaccination without parental consent.

JUST IN: Tulsi Gabbard has CONFIRMED the Biden regime put many of us on TERROR WATCH LISTS for speaking out against COVID mandates

People need to be JAILED over this! pic.twitter.com/r8Gz0uuzro

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 23, 2025

This development follows earlier reporting that the Department of Homeland Security, under the Biden-Harris administration, assembled an intelligence working group that included former intelligence officials John Brennan and James Clapper.

The group, which has since been disbanded, reportedly pushed to reframe political dissent as a public health threat—creating the basis for domestic surveillance of Americans.

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In 2022, reports also surfaced that DHS sought to classify Trump supporters and political opponents of the administration as potential domestic terror threats.

A proposed DHS intelligence unit was reportedly aimed at monitoring and addressing what the agency viewed as threats emerging from political opposition.

The revelations from Friday’s declassification renew concerns about the use of federal intelligence and law enforcement powers to monitor political speech and dissent.

Civil liberties advocates are likely to call for further transparency and oversight regarding how domestic extremism definitions were applied during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether similar tactics are still in use.

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