what is acceptable from a political candidate in one of america s two political parties when it comes to inciting threats of violence. an urgent plea today from manhattan district attorney alvin bragg to keep in place the gag order against trump. prosecutors asking judge juan merchan to extend much of the gag order imposed on the ex-president in that hush money election interference case. bragg s team argues that merchan no longer needs to enforce the ban on statements about trial witnesses, but they do ask that the gag order remain in place when it comes to jurors, prosecutors, court staff, and their families. they note that trump s request to lift the gag order is filled with what we on this program might describe as nonsense. quote, the people note that defendant s motion once again includes a number of categorically false accusations. for example, the defendant claims that the d.a. is acting in concert with the defendant s electoral opponent and unspecified cast of associ
a pennsylvania man arrested for allegedly making threats on social media saying fbi personnel deserve to die. my only going is to kill more of them before i drop. that is according to court documents. in another incident, a social media account bearing the name of ricky shiffer, the suspect who law enforcement says tried to breach the fbi s cincinnati field office before being killed in a roadside shoot-out said on the night of the mar-a-lago search that the search was a, quote, call to arms. the rhetoric, it is a civil war, the fbi is the enemy of the people, that activates lone wolfs. reporter: and agents are taking extra precautions. josh campbell, a former special advisory agent, says he hears that some agents are carrying extra firepower with them during routine field operations and circling their offices scanning for potential threats before pulling in to the parking lots. brian todd, cnn, washington.
that was put up by a former aide of the former president. so this is not good. yeah. to say the least. i mean you touched on mentioning civil war. does it make it more dangerous when many of that s right wing folks on tv and social media argue in terms of civilian war, marjorie taylor greene among them. how close to the brink are we, not in terms of an actual civil war, but enough people to be wrad callized to act on the few lone wolves we ve seen so far to take on the federal government that we re being told is the enemy? that is such a great question. what i think is so interesting, and i talked about this earlier in the week, sometimes the so-called lone wolfs who are part of the ecosystem, they operate on a time frame of their own, but what i think is important to look at and as i told the senate last year and also this year, this is part of
assistant director. peter, thank you for being with us. they ve identified white supremacy a newish and immediate threat. 60% of killings in the last ten years have been by white supremacists. why then, or what makes it so hard for federal law enforcement to battle these groups, particularly when we re talking about lone wolfs? well, you re absolutely right, fbi director chris wray identified as it one of the largest on point right now for terrorism threats. what makes it particularly difficult for fbi, federal and state and local law enforcement, is many of these actors are not operating as part of a group. they re not engaged with conspiracy with others. there isn t some large enterprise going on where law enforcement can see the actors planning. can see how they re communicating, see how they re being funded. when, instead, you have individuals by themselves.