Link: https://theintercept.com/2026/07/07/antifa-informant-raid-texas/

Cross-posted from "FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant" by @thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net in !acab@hexbear.net

In the early morning hours of June 29, federal agents from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security conducted a raid on home in Midlothian, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.

The raid, which saw federal agents deploying flash-bang grenades and using armored vehicles, was authorized by a federal search warrant related to an ongoing federal investigation into an alleged bomb plot at a June 14 Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House. The Justice Department characterized the case as an assassination plot against high-ranking officials using of explosive drones and sniper rifles.

The search warrant in Midlothian was issued as part of federal agents’ search for evidence of several potential charges, including conspiracy to commit murder, according to documents viewed by The Intercept.

“They are stress-testing the limits of NSPM-7.”

The subject of the raid in Texas claimed that, in the days after the raid, federal agents returned to her home and offered her up to $200,000 to act as an informant for federal law enforcement. The resident, “Doberman,” who asked only to be identified only by her social media handle because of ongoing threats to her safety, has not been indicted on any charges. Doberman also said she was visited by agents from the FBI and Secret Service weeks before the raid.

The raid was part of a sweeping effort by the federal government and far-right media figures to spin up a vast far-left conspiracy casting antifascist activists as well-organized extremists who pose a threat to public safety.

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President Donald Trump has made attacks on antifascist activists a centerpiece of his domestic crackdown on the left, designating antifa a terrorist organization and issuing directives like the National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 to focus resources on going after left-wing activists.

The crackdown recently helped spur centuries’ worth of combined prison sentences for a clutch of left-wing activists who launched a protest at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Prairieland Detention Facility, just a 20-minutes drive from Midlothian.

First Amendment advocates said the Midlothian raid fit into the widespread pattern of aggressive policing tactics being used against the left, including other attempts to flip activists.

“They are stress-testing the limits of NSPM-7, both by trying to cast various groups or voluntary associations that are protected by the First Amendment as being antifa, or as falling within the ambit of this sort of very broad definition of terrorism,” said Moira Meltzer-Cohen, a New York-based attorney who represents defendants in federal cases but is not working on the Midlothian raid. “We see that with this thing in North Texas, we saw that in Prairieland, and we’re seeing that in Minneapolis” — a reference to the recent indictments of 15 anti-ICE activists in Minnesota.

Doberman is a well-known activist in north Texas left-wing circles. She has been filmed armed at protests and is a member of a group known as the Community Liberation Brigade.

In the days before the raid, a Dallas Express op-ed by a local right-wing activist identified Doberman as a leader of the Community Liberation Brigade. The article suggested that Doberman had ties to the Pairieland defendants — a case that saw the government’s first successful prosecution under Trump’s directives against antifa. It’s unclear what role, if any, the Dallas Express op-ed played in the raid.

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Doberman, who told The Intercept she doesn’t have any ties to the Prairieland defendants, said she was questioned about the case during the raid. Authorities also asked Doberman about people named in recent federal indictments surrounding the UFC plot, where the most serious charges included conspiracy to commit murder — the same charge that appeared on the search warrant for Doberman’s home.

Because of the ongoing investigation, the Secret Service directed questions about Doberman’s case to the Justice Department. The Department of Homeland Security referred questions to the FBI. Neither the Justice Department nor the FBI immediately responded to requests for comment.

“Rifles Trained Directly at Me”

Two weeks before the Midlothian raid, federal agents tried to question Doberman about the alleged plot to attack the UFC 250 event, an extravagant mixed martial arts performance hosted by the White House as part of its celebrations of 250 years of American independence.

Two men who identified themselves as federal agents from the FBI and Secret Service arrived at Doberman’s door, according to video footage of the encounter obtained by The Intercept.

In the footage, one of the agents assures Doberman that she is “not in trouble” and asks her if she knows anything about an impending attack. Doberman replies that she doesn’t know anything about any plot. When asked if she plans to travel to Washington, she says she is “broke as fuck.” Shortly after, Doberman declined to answer further questions and instructs the agents to come back with a warrant.

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Two weeks later — just days after the Dallas Express piece published — federal agents arrived during the early morning hours in Bearcat armored vehicles. They broke down Doberman’s door in a “no-knock” raid, a controversial tactic that has led to the deaths of innocent people.

“I was woken up by a loud crack, a loud bang,” Doberman told The Intercept in her first media interview since the raid. “I shot up and looked directly to my door, where I was then briefly blinded by a very fucking bright flash of light. After I got my vision back, I saw three rifles trained directly at me.”

Officers placed Doberman in handcuffs, she said, and led her to a local police cruiser parked nearby. Doberman, who is transgender, was denied the opportunity to put on clothes, even after being detained and handcuffed by agents. She was then forced outside in her underwear.

“I’m a trans woman — so, trans woman in a very red state, in a very red city, in feminine underwear. Not the best look,” she said.

According to a seizure receipt viewed by the The Intercept, Doberman’s cellphone was the only item taken during the raid.

In the days after the raid, another FBI agent, whom Doberman said did not give their name, returned her cellphone.

“We know that you’re struggling financially. We know that the people you hold dear are struggling financially.”

During the exchange, Doberman said, the agent offered her hundreds of thousands of dollars to become a confidential informant.

“He said, ‘Hey, we know that you’re struggling financially. We know that the people you hold dear are struggling financially. We are willing to offer monetary gain if you can give us any information on bad actors,’” she recalled.

“The agent said $100,000 to $200,000, which is a life-changing amount,” Doberman said.

Doberman said she told the agent that she would think about the offer. In an interview with The Intercept, however, she said she had no intention of accepting.

Shortly after the offer was made, Doberman spoke to Xavier de Janon, an attorney with the National Lawyers Guild who confirmed the account to The Intercept. De Janon says that proposals like the one received by Doberman could be indicative of the larger network of resources being poured into federal investigations under Trump’s NSPM-7 directive.

“Getting money in exchange for information isn’t new for this government. It’s actually pretty old. I think what is a bit surprising is the amount,” he said. “These cash payouts are really large and probably reflect the very large budgets that these federal agencies have under Trump.”

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“Even without cash payments, federal informants and state-level informants, too, are pressured so much to give out information that they start behaving in ways that creates criminal situations and questionable moments that wouldn’t have happened to begin with,” he said.

Informant programs have been riddled with issues and allegations that the government targets and takes advantage of vulnerable people, and alleged criminal plots are frequently conceived and proposed by the informants themselves.

For her part, Doberman was rattled by the raid. Though she was not accused of any crimes, the violent raid left her in a persistent state of anxiety. “I’ve been working on my PTSD for years,” she said. “It’s gotten so much worse. And every night now, constant nightmares.”

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Antifa is such a weird name. Without context, 28 years ago, I would have thought you were saying "and Tifa," as in, Tifa Lockheart from Final Fantasy 7, the biggest game out that time. I would have said "who and Tifa?".

Of course I know it's short for "anti-fascist" or "anti-fascism" (or both).

I'd ask how the hell we got to a point where someone could say the opposition to fascism is bad, and get anyone reasonable to agree with them (actually, I'm not sure that's ever happened), but it happened to perfectly reasonable Germans in the 1930s, and now it's happening to what pass for perfectly reasonable Americans now. It's only been 80-90 years. We all learned this shit in school, did we not? We all know how that turned out for Germany, don't we? And yet, here we are.

I feel like any American who supports fascism has a great-grandfather who would tan their hide for it. Or worse. You go overseas to fight fascists, watch brothers in arms die to save the world from fascists, only to see your descendant support it? I'd think that would lead one to do something quite inhuman. And yet, so many of these people, who also talk conservation, and talk up opposition to change for the sake of change, are trying to change what their ancestors fought for into what they fought against.

The MAGA Administration is offering me $200,000 to be an informant on a fantasy terrorist group? I'm totally in, but I want the money up front, and no backsies. >

Then, sure, I'll tell you anything you want to know about ALL my friends in ANTIFA. Yeah, I knows lots of terrorists, that's the ticket!

It's a Trump deal. I'll end up with $20 million dollars, full immunity, and testifying against the MAGAs when they go to trial.

It seems like it might be fun but I bet it's not. 🙁

Yeah this isn't the government you see on West Wing we're talking about here... these are worse than criminals. They're fascists with state support, and that should scare the shit out of you.

I'm sure there are terms attached. It's leverage.

Always has been the mask just slipped

What a bunch of idiots

This was my take. "Sure, I'll let you know anything I find out".

That's even more than the federal government paid me to find the forest den of the keebler elf.

I feel like any American who supports fascism has a great-grandfather who would tan their hide for it.

Eh... were talking about the same generation that were throwing fits about allowing all americans share the same places as each other.

Just because America fought a fascist state doesn't mean they oppose fascism in general.

Never forget that the Nazis based much of their structure on American Jim Crow.

This country, as an imperial-capitalist state, has always been in support of fascism. If you don't know how we got to this point then you have a poor understanding of American history.

Point them at the nearest militia. Antifa are a crafty folk. It's just like them to pose as Proud Boys.

They always do

Sure. There's antifa, uncletifa, cuztifa, queenantifa.

And its all a lie

Are there Antifa meetings or what?

I wouldn't even say there's a (capital A) Antifa at all. US antifascism tends to be based on independent affinity groups of a couple of friends, unlikely to even be a handful. They might be networked, they might just be individuals. Most just engage in community support, nothing police would be interested in. Antifuh is a scary boogeyman to blame everything on, another spooky scapegoat for fascists alongside trans people and communist infiltration.

You might get a public community meeting about combating fascists, but that's not what they're imagining.

Not to mention their soldiers in allied countries in WWII starting riots when US soldiers tried to segregate bars or engage in racial violence. And their allies weren't exactly antiracist countries either, that's how appalling that US generation could be.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bamber_Bridge
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manners_Street
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brisbane

Should have done it, but attended knitting meetings and BSed that they're speaking in code.

If you think they get the money, you're delusional.

If you think they get to avoid prison, you're also delusional.

Edit: this is literally pointed out at the end of the article, informants more often than not find themselves fabricating crimes.

The only way to get the money is to be useful. Get established as a maga podcaster for a few years, gather a following and then you'll get the money.

Friends of Dorothy?

Manufacturing terrorism like always.

I'm only familiar with queenlatifa

You don't think it was the conservatives lmao. I mean it's definitely a ratchet effect situation but I would say the Republican party and their apparatus of news networks, "think tanks", the NRA, AIPAC, etc did more harm then neoliberals.

Neoliberal is whatever the smartass commentor wants it to be.

Neolib and conservative are not the same, but they're both bad.

QueefaAntifa

These are people who think ANTIFA is real. They probably still believe in Santy Claus.

I once read an awesome book by a cat burglar. He had done dozens of burglaries before he finally got caught. They told him about the burglaries that had tied to him, and he negotiated a deal where he would drive around and point out all of his burglaries, if they would give him only two years in a low security prison, and they could clear a whole bunch of open cases.

They were thrilled with the idea of closing a dozen burglary cases, so they agreed. Then they drove him around as he pointed out dozens of burglaries, going back years, that they never suspected him for. They couldn't charge him for any of it, because he now had immunity.

The guy made a great living as a cat burglar, served only two years, and was able to write a book about it.

Sure, let's negotiate terms, Skippy.

They're enthusiastic TRAITORS and PEDOPHILES. Nothing less.

Except for the whole thing where conservatives don't even pretend to try and actually institute any kind of free market like you're using as the definition of neoliberal and continuously allow monopolies unfettered vs when democrats were in power we had a modicum of antitrust.

Neoliberalism[1] is a political and economic ideology that advocates for free-market capitalism, which became dominant in policy-making from the late 20th century onward.[2][3][4]

But thanks for saving us both some time.

You're insufferable