{"id":8192,"date":"2023-08-10T02:12:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/utah-man-who-threatened-joe-biden-killed-in-fbi-raid\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T02:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T01:12:05","slug":"utah-man-who-threatened-joe-biden-killed-in-fbi-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=8192","title":{"rendered":"Utah Man Who Threatened Joe Biden Killed In FBI Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ad_1]
\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n
\"Man<\/div>\n

The FBI declined to identify slain man who threatened to shot US President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Washington: <\/b><\/p>\n

A Utah man who made threats against Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents on Wednesday, just hours before a visit by the US president to the western state.<\/p>\n

The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that a suspect was killed when special agents tried to serve arrest and search warrants at a residence in Provo, a city south of Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

The bureau declined to identify the slain man, saying an investigation was ongoing, but he was named in a complaint filed by federal prosecutors in Utah as Craig Robertson.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint, Robertson, who was in his early 70s and described himself as a “MAGA Trumper,” repeatedly threatened Biden and others in posts on social media.<\/p>\n

“I hear Biden is coming to Utah,” Robertson said in a post this week. “Cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle.<\/p>\n

“Welcom (sic), buffoon-in-chief!”<\/p>\n

In addition to Biden, the complaint said Robertson had also made threats against Vice President Kamala Harris and US Attorney General Merrick Garland.<\/p>\n

“The time is right for a presidential assassination or two,” one post said. “First Joe then Kamala!!!”<\/p>\n

He had also threatened to shoot Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who has filed charges against former president Donald Trump for allegedly paying election-eve hush money to a porn star.<\/p>\n

The complaint also included pictures from social media postings by Robertson of his extensive collection of guns, including a semi-automatic rifle he called a “Democrat eradicator.”<\/p>\n

Biden is currently visiting the western United States and is scheduled to fly later Wednesday from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

The US Secret Service, which protects the president, said it is “aware of the FBI investigation involving an individual in Utah who has exhibited threats to a Secret Service protectee” but provided no further details.<\/p>\n

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Featured Video Of The Day<\/h3>\n