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Man killed during FBI raid in connection with threats against Biden, other officials
ABC News ^ | August 9th, 2023 | Josh Margolin, Alex Stone, Jenny Wagnon Courts, and Meredith Deliso

Posted on 08/09/2023 12:35:34 PM PDT by shadowlands1960

Craig Robertson was shot and killed during an FBI raid early Wednesday morning.

A Utah man was shot and killed during an FBI raid early Wednesday morning, the FBI confirmed to ABC News. The raid was in connection with an investigation into alleged threats against President Joe Biden and others, according to two officials briefed on the case.

One of the officials told ABC News that the investigation began in April and the U.S. Secret Service was notified by the FBI in June. In addition to threatening posts, the official said, the man under investigation suggested online he was making plans to take physical action. The threats had been deemed "credible," the official said.

The FBI in Salt Lake City said the shooting occurred around 6:15 am. local time while special agents attempted to serve arrest and search warrants at a residence in Provo.

"The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously," the FBI said in a statement. "In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under review by the FBI's Inspection Division. As this is an ongoing matter, we have no further details to provide."

The deceased suspect was Craig Robertson, according to multiple sources and a federal complaint obtained by ABC News. Robertson was facing three counts, according to the complaint -- interstate threats, threats against the president, and influencing, impeding and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat.

The complaint includes numerous social media posts believed to have been made by Robertson threatening to kill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as several officials involved in prosecuting former President Donald Trump.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: alvinbragg; assassinated; assassination; biden; craigrobertson; fbi; fbiworshippers; harris; neoconsvotedbiden; noknock
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To: Freest Republican

Yeah... I looked it up, apparently it’s a Dutch surname... so possibly his mother’s maiden name I’m thinking.


61 posted on 08/09/2023 1:29:24 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: shadowlands1960; All
FBI went to arrest, 🧐🧐🧐 not the Secret Service, mmmmmm

The Secret Service is under the Department of Homeland Security. The FBI is under the DOJ.

Threatening the president of the United States is a federal felony under United States Code Title 18, Section 871. The Secret Service investigates suspected violations of this law.

Again, why was the FBI there and not the Secret Servive?

62 posted on 08/09/2023 1:33:59 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: shadowlands1960

You just do NOT make threats against someone with more guns than you. He paid for his stupidity, the gubbmint has the power and the manpower to preemptively clear threats before any event, and they do.


63 posted on 08/09/2023 1:35:52 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: DEPcom

set up?


64 posted on 08/09/2023 1:37:20 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: shadowlands1960

all hail joe biden
all hail joe biden
all hail joe biden
all hail joe biden
all hail joe biden

(trying to get my social credit score above zero)


65 posted on 08/09/2023 1:40:23 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: shadowlands1960

The one openly advocating violence, or trying to recruit people to engage in violence, IS the Fed.


66 posted on 08/09/2023 1:40:43 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: joshua c

One Nation! One People! One Leader!
Hail Biden!
Hail Biden!
Hail Biden!
Hail Biden!
Hail VICTORY!!!


67 posted on 08/09/2023 1:44:22 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: thinden

“set up?”

It’s probable that not many individuals in his age group utilize social media, so if the FBI relied solely on this to profile him, it makes sense. I’m curious if the FBI executed a no-knock warrant, and perhaps his dog or something else alerted him, leading him to investigate with a gun.


68 posted on 08/09/2023 1:50:51 PM PDT by DEPcom (DC is not my Capitol after Jan 6th lock downs.)
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To: NorthMountain

Rightwing Twitter is already openly calling this an assassination. Cernovitch, Loomer, etc. Cernovitch is saying the old guy needed a cane to walk.


69 posted on 08/09/2023 1:51:51 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: redcatcherb412

We need much more information before drawing any conclusions. I can recall the raid on Roger Stone in the wee hours of the morning with an excessive show of force and conveniently covered by CNN.

We are being fed FBI propaganda now, but no answers about the factual circumstances surrounding the shooting itself. What triggered the use of deadly force? Was the man armed? Any of his family members present?

He has been making threats since Sept 2022. What was done to investigate and assess those threats?


70 posted on 08/09/2023 1:51:53 PM PDT by kabar
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To: CatOwner

Yuuuup.🤨


71 posted on 08/09/2023 1:55:14 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: plain talk

Looks like he hasn’t missed any meals.🤨


72 posted on 08/09/2023 1:58:10 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: shadowlands1960

Nothing unusual about that. The FBI usually murder someone when they raid. It is just business as usual.


73 posted on 08/09/2023 2:06:49 PM PDT by sport
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To: shadowlands1960

It’s not so odd if you’re Dutch, I’d wager.


74 posted on 08/09/2023 2:08:59 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: kabar

He has been making threats since Sept 2022. What was done to investigate and assess those threats?

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why him?

why NOT all the numerous mass shooters they have had reports on prior their crimes?


75 posted on 08/09/2023 2:09:55 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Damn right they Executed him. Just like Lon Horiuchi MURDERED a woman holding a baby in her arms at Ruby Ridge. Sniper shot to the head. These agents need fed into a wood chipper feet first.


76 posted on 08/09/2023 2:16:21 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: dragnet2

Indeed it shows the worth of the MSM.


77 posted on 08/09/2023 2:16:50 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: thinden

The FBI killed him, which is why we need answers. Was deadly force justified?

Remember when the FBI sent a swat team to arrest a pro-life activist. It appears that one’s political views determine how you will be treated. The Capitol police killed Ashli Babbitt in cold blood.


78 posted on 08/09/2023 2:26:19 PM PDT by kabar
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To: shadowlands1960

6:15 am. ?

Was this necessary? Or...Was it a set up that was ***deliberately*** intended to provoke a confused response by the victim?


79 posted on 08/09/2023 2:27:16 PM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: wintertime; All

This tweet from a neighbor:

J. Whitebread
@JWhitebread1
The FBI just shot and killed an elderly brother in our ward. Financial clerk for years. Sweet guy. Full swat team. My wife is good friends with his neighbor, she and her 5 yr old were terrorized. Wife went to check on her. His body is still laying in the street. My God.
7:54 AM · Aug 9, 2023
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80 posted on 08/09/2023 2:31:33 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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