Special agents were trying to execute a warrant at the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City, when shots were fired around 6:15 a.m., the police reported. fbi it’s a statement.
Robertson posted online Monday that he had learned that Biden was visiting Utah and that he was planning to take out his camouflage clothing and “clean the dust off the m24 sniper rifle,” according to court documents.
In another post, Robertson describes himself as a “MAGA Trumper,” a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
The posts noted that he appeared to have a long-range sniper rifle and several other weapons, as well as camouflage clothing known as an “ambush suit” or “ghillie suit,” investigators said in court documents. Robertson was charged Tuesday with three felony counts, including threats against the president, according to court documents.
Robertson also referred to a “presidential assassination” and made threats against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Attorney General Merrick Garland and New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to court documents.
“The time is right for a presidential assassination or two. First Joe, then Kamala,” Robertson wrote on Facebook in September 2022 in a post that was included in the documents. At this time, there was no attorney for Robertson listed in the court documents.
No further details were released about the incident, which is being investigated by the FBI.
Biden is in the middle of a tour of the western United States. On Wednesday he went to New Mexico, where he spoke at a factory that will produce wind towers, and was scheduled to fly to Utah later.
On Thursday, he is expected to visit a Veterans Affairs hospital and hold a fundraiser for his re-election campaign.
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Whitehurst reported from Washington. Associated Press writer Chris Megerian contributed to this report.
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