Man who threatened Biden shot dead in FBI raid in Utah

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A man who posted violent threats against President Joe Biden and other officials online was shot dead during an FBI raid on Wednesday.

Agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Craig Robertson at his home in Utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by Mr Biden.

A criminal complaint said Robertson posted threats on Facebook against Mr Biden and a prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against Donald Trump.

The FBI declined to give more details.

The raid happened at about 06:15 local time in Provo, about 40 miles (65 km) south of Salt Lake City.

A criminal complaint outlined messages that Robertson made on Facebook including pictures of guns and threats to kill Mr Biden and Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney leading an investigation into a hush-money payment by Mr Trump to an adult film star.

 

According to the complaint, other messages targeted US Attorney General Merrick Garland and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Robertson posted on Facebook: "I hear Biden is coming to Utah. Digging out my old ghillie suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle."

It was just one of dozens of violent messages and photos of weapons posted on two of Robertson's Facebook accounts.

 

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[Berkshire]

One less MAGA nutter.....so many more to go.

[Jingthing]

The Magadonian community has lost one of their so called patriots

 

[riclag]

Fever pitched moment in time!

Dont know much of the particulars of what set him off!

Perhaps all the news surrounding all the scandals !imop

To say this is indicative of all Make america great again supporters

is a far left conspiracy theory beyond imagination!

Everyone knows 

violence-is never the alternative!

A 1 in 71 million thought actor  that got caught up in the news events since the indictments by bidens / garlands doj imop

stay tuned much more to come I expect,

 

 

[Tug]

21 minutes ago, riclag said:

Fever pitched moment in time!

Dont know much of the particulars of what set him off!

Perhaps all the news surrounding all the scandals !imop

To say this is indicative of all Make america great again supporters

is a far left conspiracy theory beyond imagination!

Everyone knows 

violence-is never the alternative!

A 1 in 71 million thought actor  that got caught up in the news events since the indictments by bidens / garlands doj imop

stay tuned much more to come I expect,

 

 

I’ll be dogonned I actually agree with ya!there are obviously strong feelings on both sides of the issue few will actually resort to violence oh well one less domestic terrorist ok by me!

[Jingthing]

47 minutes ago, riclag said:

Fever pitched moment in time!

Dont know much of the particulars of what set him off!

Perhaps all the news surrounding all the scandals !imop

To say this is indicative of all Make america great again supporters

is a far left conspiracy theory beyond imagination!

Everyone knows 

violence-is never the alternative!

A 1 in 71 million thought actor  that got caught up in the news events since the indictments by bidens / garlands doj imop

stay tuned much more to come I expect,

 

 

I call B.S.

The Magadonian talking point about January 6 is to call the insurrectionists who stormed the capitol patriots.

Trump vows to pardon those traitorous sleazeballs if he gains power again.

[metisdead]

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[Bkk Brian]

oops, this didn't work out too well for him now did it...........lol

 

https://twitter.com/OzKaterji/status/1689357928740855809

 

[ozimoron]

So, Trump's call for violence didn't go unheeded. More to come, no doubt.

[JonnyF]

Shot to death in his own home for making a stupid post on FaceBook?

 

I certainly hope he did a bit more than that to be executed by the state in his own home.

[FruitPudding]

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Shot to death in his own home for making a stupid post on FaceBook?

 

I certainly hope he did a bit more than that to be executed by the state in his own home.

Exactly

 

How "the left" can think they are correct in this equation, I dunno.

[FruitPudding]

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I call B.S.

The Magadonian talking point about January 6 is to call the insurrectionists who stormed the capitol patriots.

Trump vows to pardon those traitorous sleazeballs if he gains power again.

I've never heard conservatives refered to as "sleazeballs" before.

 

Something about pot and kettle springs to mind

[JonnyF]

4 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

Exactly

 

How "the left" can think they are correct in this equation, I dunno.

To be fair, I think a lot on the extreme left would support summary executions for anyone wearing a MAGA hat.????

 

It reminds me of the lefty nurse in the UK who said anyone who voted Tory should be refused life saving treatment.

 

#bekind

 

[NextG]

37 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Shot to death in his own home for making a stupid post on FaceBook?

 

I certainly hope he did a bit more than that to be executed by the state in his own home.

A stupid post? This is disingenuous even by your standards. Dozens of threatening posts and even threatened the FBI if they dared to return. They did. 

[Jingthing]

46 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

I've never heard conservatives refered to as "sleazeballs" before.

 

Something about pot and kettle springs to mind

Magadonians are not conservatives!

They're in a fascist cult.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/there-is-no-republican-party-conservative-judge-warns-trumps-maga-movement-has-america-in-grave-peril/ar-AA1f1bMo

 

 

[JonnyF]

5 minutes ago, NextG said:

A stupid post? This is disingenuous even by your standards. Dozens of threatening posts and even threatened the FBI if they dared to return. They did. 

Yes - a stupid post. I've had people threaten to kill me. I didn't execute them in their home. 

 

Maybe the guy was suffering with mental illness. Maybe he shot at police. Lots of possibilities out there so let's wait for the facts to emerge. I'm just stating that I hope he wasn't executed JUST for posting on FB. I'd like to think we haven't reached that stage just yet, even if he had a red cap on.

[JonnyF]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Magadonians are not conservatives!

They're in a fascist cult.

Maybe you could put that in your signature. It would reduce your need to post by around 80% ????.

[Jingthing]

46 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

To be fair, I think a lot on the extreme left would support summary executions for anyone wearing a MAGA hat.????

 

It reminds me of the lefty nurse in the UK who said anyone who voted Tory should be refused life saving treatment.

 

#bekind

 

Totally false assertion. Shame on you.

[Jingthing]

9 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Yes - a stupid post. I've had people threaten to kill me. I didn't execute them in their home. 

 

Maybe the guy was suffering with mental illness. Maybe he shot at police. Lots of possibilities out there so let's wait for the facts to emerge. I'm just stating that I hope he wasn't executed JUST for posting on FB. I'd like to think we haven't reached that stage just yet, even if he had a red cap on.

We haven't and you know it.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

4 hours ago, riclag said:

Everyone knows 

violence-is never the alternative!

The Jan 6 crowd must have missed that memo. 

 

Along with a goodly portion of the gun-toting, Confed flag waving MAGA crowd.

 

[Berkshire]

59 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Shot to death in his own home for making a stupid post on FaceBook?

 

I certainly hope he did a bit more than that to be executed by the state in his own home.

He wasn't shot for "making a stupid post."  Surely you would know this.  The FBI was attempting to serve a warrant and the dude brandished a weapon.  I'm sure more details will emerge.

 

[Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News that Craig Robertson was killed around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday by FBI agents who were attempting to serve an arrest and search warrant at a Provo, Utah residence. A law enforcement source told Fox News Digital the individual had a weapon.]

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/who-was-craig-robertson-utah-man-killed-fbi-agents-allegedly-making-threats-president-biden

 

[JonnyF]

Just now, Berkshire said:

He wasn't shot for "making a stupid post."  Surely you would know this.  The FBI was attempting to serve a warrant and the dude brandished a weapon.  I'm sure more details will emerge.

I didn't say he was. I said I hope he wasn't. I haven't seen enough details yet to conclude either way but please do not misrepresent what I said.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

So, Trump's call for violence didn't go unheeded. More to come, no doubt.

 

The report below by Politico indicates this nutjob was armed at the time of the shooting.

 

And the following as well:

 

"Robertson referred to himself as a “MAGA Trumper,” a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, and also posted threats against top law enforcement officials overseeing court cases against Trump."

...

Robertson’s posts indicated he did appear to own a long-range sniper rifle and numerous other weapons, as well as camouflage gear known as a “ghillie suit,” investigators said in court records.

...

“The time is right for a presidential assassination or two. First Joe then Kamala!!!” authorities say Robertson wrote in a September 2022 Facebook post included in the filings."

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/09/utah-man-threatens-biden-fbi-killed-00110554

 

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

The report below by Politico indicates this nutjob was armed at the time of the shooting.

 

And the following as well:

 

"Robertson referred to himself as a “MAGA Trumper,” a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, and also posted threats against top law enforcement officials overseeing court cases against Trump."

...

Robertson’s posts indicated he did appear to own a long-range sniper rifle and numerous other weapons, as well as camouflage gear known as a “ghillie suit,” investigators said in court records.

...

“The time is right for a presidential assassination or two. First Joe then Kamala!!!” authorities say Robertson wrote in a September 2022 Facebook post included in the filings."

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/09/utah-man-threatens-biden-fbi-killed-00110554

 

Robertson’s posts indicated he did appear to own a long-range sniper rifle and numerous other weapons, as well as camouflage gear known as a “ghillie suit,” investigators said in court records.

 

Oh yea, he was well stocked on the rifle front:

 

https://nypost.com/2023/08/09/who-was-craig-roberston-utah-man-shot-dead-in-fbi-raid/

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

And lead-up background from the AP:

 

"Clark said Robertson had a collection of perhaps 20 guns, though he noted that that wasn’t unusual for the area."

...

"According to court documents, two FBI agents came to Robertson’s house after the initial warning about him from Truth Social in March.

...

"In a Facebook post days later cited in the affidavit, he said, “To my friends in the Federal Bureau of Idiots: I know you’re reading this and you have no idea how close your agents came to ‘violent eradication.’”

 

https://apnews.com/article/utah-biden-fbi-assassination-threat-ba3cc1d3b2f6cca8bd429febdcf04219

 

[BTB1977]

So much for free speech.  And having an opinion.  The socialist liberals democrats just shoot you down using the FBI as their strong arm to promote their communist ideas 

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, BTB1977 said:

So much for free speech.  And having an opinion.  The socialist liberals democrats just shoot you down using the FBI as their strong arm to promote their communist ideas 

True threats constitute a category of speech — like obscenity, child pornography, fighting words, and the advocacy of imminent lawless action — that is not protected by the First Amendment and can be prosecuted under state and federal criminal laws. 

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1025/true-threats

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

10 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

True threats constitute a category of speech — like obscenity, child pornography, fighting words, and the advocacy of imminent lawless action — that is not protected by the First Amendment and can be prosecuted under state and federal criminal laws. 

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1025/true-threats

 

The news reports indicate the FBI were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on this guy for exactly that.

 

"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."

 

"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."

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/man-killed-fbi-raid-connection-threats-biden-officials/story?id=102138966

 

Public threats to assassinate the president of the U.S., vice president and various law enforcement/prosecutors are not legally protected free speech, and never have been.

 

[Walker88]

I wonder where this lowlife was radicalized?

 

(tongue in cheek)

 

In any event, the world was made a better place with his departure.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

It's perhaps easy to dismiss this guy as a lone, aberrant nutjob... And the same with the Jan. 6 rioters/insurrectionists...

 

But let's remember who actually has lit the anti-government, grievance-filled fire under all these types and has mobilized them into action -- Donald Trump:

 

"Robertson referred to himself as a “MAGA Trumper,” a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, and also posted threats against top law enforcement officials overseeing court cases against Trump."

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/09/utah-man-threatens-biden-fbi-killed-00110554

 

"“If you go after me, I’m coming after you!” Trump wrote in all caps Friday afternoon on Truth Social, which is run by a media company he co-owns."

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/04/feds-alert-judge-to-trumps-if-you-go-after-me-im-coming-after-you-post-00109944