The radical left-wing Antifa movement and other extremists have “hijacked” legitimate protests.

That’s the belief of Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Chris Wray.

The federal government has evidence that left and right wing “foreign actors” are seizing on the unrest to sow discord in the US.

“While many have peacefully expressed their anger and grief, others have hijacked protests to engage in lawlessness, violent rioting, arson, looting of businesses, and public property, assaults on law enforcement officers and innocent people, and even the murder of a federal agent,” Barr said.

“We have evidence that Antifa and other extremist groups, and actors of a variety of different political persuasions have been involved in instigating and participating in the violent activity.

“We see foreign actors playing all sides to exacerbate the violence,” he said.

FBI Director Wray singled out the Antifa movement.

3 men connected to the far right Boogaloo Bois have been arrested for plotting to incite violence in Las Vegas.

“There are some groups that don’t have a particular ideology other than anarchy, and there’s some groups that want to bring about a civil war,” Barr said.

“The ‘Boogaloo’ group has been on the margin of this as well trying to exacerbate the violence. We are dealing with as I say a witch’s brew of a lot of different extremist organizations.”

Wray said the FBI has “ongoing investigations” of “violent anarchist extremists” with Antifa-like views but not their political ideology.

“We’re about their violence, we’re not about the ideology. It doesn’t matter what your ideology is, if you commit violence or rioting or acts that we would consider terrorism we’re going to pursue it,” he said.