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First on FOX – Republican attorney generals in at least 27 states want to coordinate “game plans” with the FBI and the Department of Justice to coordinate “anti-Semitic domestic terrorism.”
Fox News Digital first obtained copies of the letter Tuesday to FBI Directors Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi. Anti-Semitism domestic terrorism In the US. ”
“We hope to meet you and discuss ways to help the state support the FBI’s excellent work and partner with the Department of Justice to ensure that those committing these terrible acts are liable to the fullest extent of the law,” says a letter led by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.
“Like you, we were terrified by Hamas terrorist attacks on the people of Israel on October 7, 2023. And we are interested in the rise in anti-Semitism that has been unfolding since that fateful day,” the state attorney general wrote. “Domestic terrorists have begun to commit horrific crimes against Jews and Israeli supporters since October 7th, and our collective response will affect the trajectory of their development.”
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FBI Director Kash Patel will speak with Attorney General Pam Bondi at a press conference held in Washington, DC on May 7, 2025. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
The letter refers to how two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC were shot dead outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 21. Victims – Yaron Riskinski, 30, and Salamilgrim, 26, left behind an event hosted by the American Jewish Commission when they were attacked. The couple is reportedly reportedly reported.
Suspect, 31 years old Chicago’s Elias Rodriguez, Authorities say when he was taken into custody he cried out, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.”
Wilson – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Tenrahoma, Oklahoma, Ohio, Virginia, Wyoming, West Virginia – The attacks say that they are “a calm reminder of the sustainability and growth of anti-Semitism in the United States.”
Their letters are also accused of burning victims in Boulder, Colorado, by illegal immigrant Mohamed Sabri Soliman, an Egyptian immigrant, on June 1. The suspect reportedly heard he cried out “free Palestine” and other anti-Israel slogans. Victims range from 52 to 88 years old. The letter cites how one of the burning victims is doing. Holocaust Survivor.
“We praise the FBI for not wasting time investigating both these recent anti-Semitic domestic terrorism,” the letter states. “It’s becoming increasingly becoming meaningless violence and incitement to such violence. We are ramping up to university campuses. Those who enjoy the attack on October 7th show public hostility to the fact that many Jewish students do not feel safe in their daily lives. Standing up against anti-Semitism on university campuses is something the state cares too. ”
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson led a group of Republican state attorney generals to FBI directors, Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, on “anti-Semitic domestic terrorism.” (Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The letter praises the FBI’s work and the creation of a “Cooperative Task Force, October 7th” to investigate anti-Semitism “recent evidence of the Trump administration’s determination to become a force for good in the fight against hate-inspired criminal acts.”
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 29th to establish his administration’s mandate.
He also sought to empower state and local law enforcement agencies by instructing “appropriate directors of the enforcement department” to increase “the collection, distribution and uniformity of crime data across jurisdictions” in order to “take all appropriate actions to maximize federal resources use.” “After all, “preparations are most effectively owned and managed at state, local, and even individual levels, supported by competent, accessible and efficient federal government.”
The FBI team investigates an attack on a group seeking to release Israeli hostages on June 1, 2025 in Boulder, Colorado. (Eli Imadali/AFP via Getty Images)
“As our state’s chief justice officer, I see first hand how effectively the use of investigative tools can help prosecute and prevent criminal conduct,” the letter said. “And we want to work with the FBI and the Department of Justice to be part of the solution to the wave of terrorism in the anti-Semitic country. That’s why I write in pursuit of an opportunity to encourage further cooperation between federal law enforcement and the state and discuss what such a partnership will look like.”
The letter states, “The hints and leads accumulated by the FBI can be shared with state and local law enforcement agencies to stop domestic terrorism on its orbit.”
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The Attorney General continued, “The FBI is world-renowned for its research expertise, and the state is The FBI’s current initiatives Spread threat intelligence to state and local law enforcement agencies.
“At the same time, the increased partnership between state, local and federal law enforcement, sharing intelligence on the threat of anti-Semitism could help stem the flow of terrorism within the country,” the letter says. “We welcome the opportunity to meet you in the coming weeks to discuss potential partnerships between the FBI, the Department of Justice and the state. Together, we can create a game plan to eradicate anti-Semitic domestic terrorism.”
