The FBI and DHS issued a joint intelligence bulletin on Friday warning of “violent threats” against federal law enforcement, courts and government personnel and facilities, according to CNN. The threats come in the wake of FBI agents executing a search warrant at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort last week.
The FBI is reportedly investigating an “unprecedented” surge of threats against bureau personnel and property, including some threats targeting agents listed in court records as having involvement in the search of Mar-a-Lago, a law enforcement source told CNN.
“These threats are occurring primarily online and across multiple platforms, including social media sites, web forums, video sharing platforms, and image boards. The FBI and DHS would like to ensure that law enforcement, court, and government personnel are aware of the range of threats and criminal and violent incidents,” the joint bulletin reads, according to CNN.
The bulletin noted that the increase in violent threats includes a “threat to place a so-called dirty bomb in front of FBI Headquarters and issuing general calls for ‘civil war’ and ‘armed rebellion,'” CNN reported.
The bulletin also reportedly states that the FBI and DHS have identified threats against specific individuals, including the federal judge, Bruce Reinhart, who approved the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.
A law enforcement source told CNN that officials at the FBI headquarters division responsible for the security of personnel have also examined efforts by online actors to publicly post the personal information of bureau employees, which include the agents who conducted the search of Mar-a-Lago.
On Friday, the names of two agents who signed paperwork for the search warrant began to circulate online following a leak of the warrant prior to its official unsealing. The warrant was unsealed and released by Reinhart on Friday at the DOJ’s request and after Trump’s lawyers agreed to the release. The court-released version of the warrant redacted the agents’ names.
The joint bulletin was issued a day after a man who allegedly attempted to break into the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati died after a lengthy standoff with law enforcement. The suspect’s motive has not been determined, but he had previously come under the scrutiny by the FBI over his alleged ties to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and having associates within a far-right extremist group, two law enforcement sources told CNN on Friday.
Well, well, well they’ve chosen their hill…
Would be nice if law enforcement officers would take a moment to consider specifically which political groups are presently putting a target on their backs. Spoiler: It’s MAGA!
LEO agencies and organizations make statements against terrorist organizations. LEOs make such statements against other LEO-targeted criminals.
Margaret Brennan and Robert Costa mentioned FBI is reporting stochastic upswing in real radical domestic extremists making specifically articulated threats against police targets. Adam Schiff also on Brennan’s show put this grave matter in context of the threat to national security. The Cincinnati FBI incident is a fact.
I’m guessing that Putin and Cozy Bear are pouring gasoline on this ongoing threat to our country and freedoms. Lone wolves like in Cincinnati rip at the fabric of society too. Then morons support those terrorists.
Somewhat OT, but Trump is sucking all the oxygen out of the room again in the news. We’ve got to get back to focusing on the great progress Dems have made in legislation and economy and get the press to focus on that!
The Biden administration is being rash in its desire to close Guantanamo. More than ever we need a place out of our borders to confine the largest group of traitors in our history.
There are some people in this country, it seems, who do not believe in the rule of law.