An 75-year-old male was fatally shot in an FBI Raid on his house in Utah Do you know who is responsible for allegedly making threats to President Joe Biden online.
Jon Ossola filmed the raid and posted it on Facebook. A loud yelling is heard from inside, then the sound of a bullet.
Craig Robertson – a Vietnam Veteran – had been making social media threats for months against Vice President Biden as well as President Biden. Kamala HarrisAttorney General Merrick Garrland and other officials. Robertson has been accused of threatening public officials via social media at least since September last year, say authorities.
“I hear Biden is coming to Utah. Digging out my old Ghillie suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle,” Robertson said in one post.
FBI believed Craig Robertson to be a single-wolf assassin. However, some of Robertson’s neighbors claim he is just an old man who was grumbling.
Robertson appeared in 2009 photos wearing the ghillie suits worn by snipers. He also seemed to point a gun at a group of people enjoying a barbecue. An FBI complaint says the images demonstrate Robertson’s ability to conduct sniper tactics.
The 75-year-old also claimed to have shot a hole in Thomas Jefferson’s head on a nickel from 100 yards, and boasted he could do the same to the president.
He first came to the FBI’s attention in March when former President Donald Trump was indicted in New York City. FBI reports that Robertson threatened Manhattan’s District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Bragg is currently prosecuting Trump.
Robertson described himself on social media as a ‘Maga Trumper’ and had an arsenal of weapons in his home.
“I want to stand over Bragg and put a nice hole in his forehead with my 9mm, ” Robertson said in a social media post.
When FBI agents first confronted Robertson earlier this year over his threats, they say he told them the threats were what he called “patriotic dreams.” After the agents left, he began posting threats against the FBI agents.
With Biden about to visit Park City, Utah, 45 miles away from Robertson’s home, the FBI moved to arrest Robertson Wednesday.
Robertson’s death in the driveway was a result of an unknown raid.
“After the commotion we hopped on his Facebook immediately and we were a little scared to see the kind of things he was posting,” a neighbor says.