Miller vows federal action to dismantle radical left after Kirk death

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller vowed Friday that he and President Donald Trump would use the federal government to "dismantle" what he called the radical left, invoking criminal statutes and other tools in response to this week's assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah university. Miller made the remarks on Fox News and in social posts after the 25-year-old Kirk was shot while speaking to students at Utah Valley University; a suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, has been arrested and charged with aggravated murder, obstruction of justice and felony discharge of a firearm, officials said.

On air, Miller said the last message Kirk gave him before his death was a call to "dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence" and added, "we are going to do that," according to a clip reposted by an official White House account. Miller suggested the administration might pursue RICO or conspiracy charges against unnamed leftwing groups and predicted law enforcement would be used to "take away your money, to take away your power, and if you've broken the law, to take away your freedom," officials and...