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He Threatened to Kill the President. Did He Deserve to Die?
Politico ^ | 27 Oct 2023 | ROWAN GERETY

Posted on 10/28/2023 6:54:23 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

The official reason for the FBI raid on Robertson’s home emerged later that day in the form of a federal criminal complaint originally filed under seal and detailing alleged threats Robertson made against Democratic political figures on social media. A few days earlier, in what appeared to be his final Facebook post, Robertson had written: “I HEAR BIDEN IS COMING TO UTAH,” in his customary all-caps, describing the president’s anticipated Aug. 9 visit to Salt Lake City. “DIGGING OUT MY OLD GHILLIE SUIT AND CLEANING THE DUST OFF THE M24 SNIPER RIFLE. WELCOME, BUFFOON-IN-CHIEF!”

“I just can’t believe this required a SWAT team and a dawn raid,” one of Robertson’s friends, an art history professor at a local community college, said on Glenn Beck’s radio show the day after Robertson was killed. “He may be a hothead, he may be a crank, but he’s not going to be that kind of a threat.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: banglist; craigrobertson; rowangerety; utah
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To: wita

And Fred Hampton. The Weathermen were all over that, and FBI excesses are much to blame for the failure to convict them for their domestic terrorism. Of course, now that they guide the hand that controls the Feebs, no excess is off the table.


41 posted on 10/28/2023 9:16:36 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: qaz123
Other than murdering the guy, this wasn’t that far off from what they did to Roger Stone.

And they made sure they notified CNN of the upcoming raid so they could be on site to video it.....

42 posted on 10/28/2023 9:22:39 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

Yup….had to make a show of it.

I’m guesssimg they didn’t get what they wanted out of raiding Manafort the way they did, so they had to take it up a few notches.


43 posted on 10/28/2023 9:25:44 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: enumerated

Exactly. This was a show raid just like the Koresh raid. Both of them could have been arrested somewhere else without issue.


44 posted on 10/28/2023 9:26:28 AM PDT by ChuckHam
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To: DUMBGRUNT

No investigation here, the FBI is above the law, so just move along.


45 posted on 10/28/2023 9:34:53 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Remember the classic, Ruby Ridge. You can catch it on You Tube.


46 posted on 10/28/2023 9:36:31 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

In the completely (thankfully) unlikely event that I’m ever sworn in as president my first executive order on that late January day would be to immediately disarm every FBI agent and employee, from the Director on down to the mailroom trainee, making it an immediately fireable offense to carry any sort of weapon on the job irrespective of local laws or personal permits.

The FBI should, as it’s name says, be limited to investigation.


47 posted on 10/28/2023 9:49:57 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Yes. Of course. He threatened a Democrat president. If he’d threatened a Republican president, he’d deserve to have a late-night talk show on network television.


48 posted on 10/28/2023 9:50:27 AM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (If Black Lives Matter, explain Chicago.)
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To: DesertRhino

Amen...


49 posted on 10/28/2023 10:46:05 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Hot Tabasco

WHAT? HOW DARE YOU, use logic and discernment along with common sense?


50 posted on 10/28/2023 11:17:40 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: enumerated
They had any number of opportunities to peacefully arrest him on his way to church or doing errands - instead they stormed his home in a pre-dawn raid.

I agree with you. They did the same thing with other MAGA folks. Peter Navarro comes to mind.

The fact is there is no law dictating the day, time and place the FBI chooses to arrest you - or whether they bring swat or not. If we point a weapon at a law enforcement officer in a threatening manner, we shouldn't be surprised if we get shot. The courts generally exonerate law enforcement who shoot an individual when threatened by a lethal weapon.

51 posted on 10/28/2023 11:39:07 AM PDT by JesusIsLord
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To: wita

FBI went corrupt when Mueller took over. There is no saving it.

Fire everyone except those in the testing depts — DNA, fingerprints, etc. All the rest are scum.


52 posted on 10/28/2023 12:47:36 PM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: DUMBGRUNT


"in his customary all-caps"


We had a newer FReeper on here like that.. I haven't seen the 'ALL CAPS' in a couple of months.
Hmm.. you think?
53 posted on 10/28/2023 1:06:57 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Alberta's Child

You are to be commended. Good job. Need more like you. 👍


54 posted on 10/28/2023 2:31:10 PM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Some people shouldn’t be allowed to post messages on the internet — for their own well-being.
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There are already laws proscribing the public expression of comments that advocate or threaten unlawful acts of violence. Posted messages have to be individually evaluated relative to applicable laws


55 posted on 10/28/2023 4:21:47 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: FLT-bird

Did he point a weapon at them? How do we know that? We have every reason not to trust the FIB given how corrupt they’ve been in the last several years.

Let’s see the body cam footage. Don’t tell me there is none.
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Well done!


56 posted on 10/28/2023 4:22:45 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Why didn’t Madonna get this treatment?


57 posted on 10/28/2023 4:25:11 PM PDT by liberalh8ter ( Ephesians 6:10 - 18)
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