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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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: shadowlands1960

Lesson: Don’t threaten people with violence.


81 posted on 08/09/2023 2:33:20 PM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: popdonnelly

You know one thing I’m sick of? It’s people defending the FBI. I frekking hate the FBI. I wouldn’t be opposed to shutting down the entire clown show and hanging every damn one of their leaders. So avoid defending that seditious lot of traitors to me... please make a note of that.


82 posted on 08/09/2023 2:40:07 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: shadowlands1960

“I’m certain that there are Feds who not only monitor but participate on a regular basis on these threads.”

Yes. And it is probably easy for them to obtain the identity of each and every Freeper as well as visitor.


83 posted on 08/09/2023 2:41:23 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Jyotishi

I’d bet identifying and finding personal location information on Freepers was already done... after J6 if not before then. Nobody should believe the FBI doesn’t have a file on them.


84 posted on 08/09/2023 2:43:33 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: shadowlands1960

Wonder if he was a Freeper?

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His Social Media handle was MAGA TRUMPER.

There is no FReeper with that handle. (I checked)


85 posted on 08/09/2023 3:10:20 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Tagline for sale.)
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To: popdonnelly
"Lesson: Don’t threaten people with violence."

You forgot the "UNLESS YOU ARE A COMMUNIST" part. People threaten Judge Kavanaugh every day in front of his house. ANTIFA threatens juries and just about ANY conservative who confronts them. Our Communist DOJ threatens Trump every single day. Biden himself has threatened Trump and other Americans by using F-16's on them! Blah blah blah, ONLY CONSERVATIVES AREN'T ALLOWED TO THREATEN VIOLENCE!

86 posted on 08/09/2023 3:12:02 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: shadowlands1960

I’m certain that there are Feds who not only monitor but participate on a regular basis on these threads....

Count on it.


87 posted on 08/09/2023 3:13:11 PM PDT by Texas resident (We are living through Barak's fundamental transformation)
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To: shadowlands1960

Yes. Federal police forces always become the tools of tyranny.


88 posted on 08/09/2023 3:17:39 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: shadowlands1960

I know the FBI and CIA have a file on me. I already met with them and did a workshop for them in Washington DC. Freaked them out as I did a few demonstrations with their staff.

They know I’m harmless, but they don’t like people inside their heads. That scares them.

I’m an observer, not a participant. The outcome is predetermined as God is in control of the bigger picture. Everything happens for a reason.


89 posted on 08/09/2023 3:20:16 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: shadowlands1960

Is this the utah victim


90 posted on 08/09/2023 3:24:27 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up ....)
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To: thinden

Yes... near Provo..


91 posted on 08/09/2023 3:30:50 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just did a search of his screen name and this came up in an article:

“On Sunday, Robertson made a Facebook post alluding to his intention to kill Biden during the president’s visit to the state. “I hear Biden is coming to Utah,” the Air Force veteran wrote. “Digging out my old ghille [sic] suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle. Welcome, Buffoon-in-chief!”

“In an earlier status update, Robertson wrote of a “WONDERFUL DREAM” he had of himself in a parking garage in Washington, D.C., in gory detail.

“I was standing over the body of the U.S. Attorney General, Merrick Garland, with a bullet hole dead center in his forehead. In my hand was my suppressed Smith & Weston M&P 9mm, smoke wafting from the muzzle,” Robertson wrote, entirely in capital letters, on Facebook.

“The Star Spangled Banner playing quietly in the distance. I thought to myself; ‘What an amazing, patriotic moment’ as shivers of liberty and freedom swelled my heart for our amazingly great country.”

An agency complaint was filed on Tuesday asking a court for an arrest warrant citing the post as a “knowing and willful true threat to kill or cause injury to President Biden.”

In another post from September 2022, Robertson reportedly wrote: “The time is right for a presidential assassination or two. First Joe[,] then Kamala!!!”

“Biden is expected to land in Utah later on Wednesday and visit a Veteran Affairs hospital on Thursday.”

All cut & paste.


92 posted on 08/09/2023 3:32:10 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: JoSixChip

They killed a 75 year old man for e-mail threats. Could have knocked on his door at a decent hour and discussed the situation. But fbi has to play gestapo.


93 posted on 08/09/2023 5:04:15 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: shadowlands1960; thefactor

Wow! The FBI took out a 74/75 year old grumpy man 6:15 in the morning!


94 posted on 08/09/2023 5:12:07 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: plain talk

Caption was “Won’t you be my neighbor?”


95 posted on 08/09/2023 5:26:37 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: eyeamok

Bingo!!!


96 posted on 08/09/2023 6:06:49 PM PDT by ZULU (HOOVER, FREEH, MUELLER, COMEY, WRAY, SUCCESSION OF STATIST TRAITORS)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I hear you! Great point!


97 posted on 08/09/2023 6:14:42 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: JoSixChip

Might be a ancestry family surname. Interesting.


98 posted on 08/09/2023 7:11:15 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: shadowlands1960

Can’t trust anything the alphabets put out. FBI has no credibility. They are a domestic terrorist organization. Right up there with KGB, Stasi, Gestapo.

Next time they won’t even acknowledge the incident. The victim will just disappear.


99 posted on 08/09/2023 7:37:17 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by non-compliance; jury and state nullification. )
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To: grumpygresh

I definitely believe Argentine style disappearances are on the menu for the near future... for all we know they could be happening now, right?


100 posted on 08/09/2023 7:42:28 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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