The former president of the United States, in whose possession classified reports were found, demands the return of the seized material
The number and aggressiveness of violent threats on internet platforms against federal officials and facilities has increased dramatically in recent days following the August 8 FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. This is warned by a joint internal memorandum from the National Investigation Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, warning of the sudden increase in public threats and the “potential of violent domestic extremists” who could carry out attacks on US soil; possibly against federal provisions.
The internal statement specifically refers to a detected threat to plant a so-called “dirty bomb” in front of FBI headquarters, as well as calls for “civil war” and “armed insurgency.” The warning is linked to strong rhetoric unleashed by numerous extremist Republican lawmakers in response to the search, as well as several far-right Republican agents accusing the FBI, the Department of Justice and Attorney General Merrick Garland of abuse of power and prosecution. enemies.
The White House has picked up the threats – especially on networks and forums – with great attention, with nerves surfacing after the January 2021 experience, of the serious disturbances caused by radical elements after Trump’s election defeat, the culmination of which was the attack on the capital.
On Twitter, extremist congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Garland of corruption and called for the FBI to be defunded. Far-right broadcaster Breitbar and former Trump aide Garrett Ziegler have come under fire for disclosing the identities of the agents responsible for the Mar-a-Lago search on social media. As a result, some of them have already faced threats and episodes of violent harassment.
The incitement to riot has already manifested itself in several incidents across the country. Last week, a Trump supporter was shot dead by police after he attempted to attack FBI agents in Cincinnati with an assault rifle.
Last Saturday, a group of extremists gathered in front of the agency’s offices in Fénix. And the next day, a person in Washington DC crashed his vehicle into a barrier near the Capitol. When the car caught fire, the driver got out of the interior, fired several shots into the air with a handgun, then committed suicide. Police are investigating the facts to try to determine the reason that led the driver, a 29-year-old and a Delaware resident, to act in this way and are not ruling out political background.
Amid this context of mounting tensions, a group of moderate Republican governors have denounced the “outrageous rhetoric” of their party colleagues in Congress against federal authorities and defended the perfectly executed search under the law. Maryland state chief Larry Hogan described the Republican attacks on Monday as “absurd” and “dangerous” after a week of radicalized demonstrations, including that by Florida Senator Rick Scott, who compared the FBI to the Gestapo. Under the motto ‘Defund the FBI’, the campaign was accompanied by extensive fundraising.
Ultras in favor of the former president have launched calls on social platforms and alternative blogs to take up arms against the FBI. In some of these forums, conspiracy theorists are even speculating about an alleged “federal conspiracy” that would try to cause Trump’s arrest in the thick of the protests of his supporters.
In his first interview since Operation Mar-a-Lago, via the Fox News network’s digital platform, the former president warned Monday that “terrible things are going to happen” in the United States. Accused of encouraging violence and threats against FBI agents, Trump at one point acknowledged that the temperature of the public discourse of his outraged supporters should be lowered, in an effort to calm his supporters.
However, the magnate returned to frame the search and seizure of documents at his residence as part of an alleged political “witch hunt” against him, pointing out that the country is in “a very dangerous situation” as there is a “large general”. irritation from years of fraud’. He said little about why he had entire drawers of classified material in his house that should be kept in the National Archives. The FBI found a total of 20 boxes full of White House documents in Mar-a-Lago, including the famous 11 folders with the National Security High Level Seal.
As if that weren’t enough, Trump this Monday demanded the return of the seized documents claiming he falls under presidential privilege, an argument without any basis, and even more trivial, referring to attorney-client privilege. The alleged executive privilege only covers the acting president and does not protect him from illegal actions and criminal acts. To provoke Americans’ hilarity or amazement, Trump justified the discovery of the files because “everyone takes work home from time to time.”
Source: La Verdad
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