On Craig Robertson at his home in utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by mr biden. Our North America correspondent, nomia iqbal, shared this latest update from washington dc. The details that we have so far is, as you mentioned there, the suspect s name was Craig Robertson. We understand he was 75 years old. And there was a criminal complaint that had already been filed in the District Court of utah regarding serious concerns about him. So one of the charges that he was facing was threats against the president ive got the criminal complaint in front of me but fbi agents conducted surveillance of his home back in march. They wanted to talk to him about his Social Media Posts. He told them, according to the complaint, to come back with an Arrest Warrant which they did. Now, when you look at the criminal complaint and the evidence that they had compiled against him, it included Social Media Posts that hed put up. And theyre very dark messages. They show violence towards
Breaking news, fbi agents shoot and kill a selfdescribed mega trump or who they say made a threats against President Biden. Vice president harris Attorney General garland, and other singled out by the former president. Also, the georgia d a, fani willis, cnn has learned when she has her say next week, shes expected to seek more than a dozen indictments in her Election Interference Probe of donald trump, the former president. Also tonight, a live report from our. You see it there. Walls of flame sweeping the island. At least six people have already been killed. Good evening, everyone john king here tonight, sitting in for anderson. Breaking news tops are. Elliott killing of a utah men of by fbi ages tried to arrest him that and the contents of the governments charging documents, which are frankly beyond chilling. Page after page of Craig Robertson social media postings, describing, at times in lurid, graphic detail, who he would allegedly kill, and how. Cnns Shimon Prokupecz joins us no
On Craig Robertson at his home in utah, just hours ahead of a planned visit to the state by mr biden. Our North America correspondent nomia iqbal shared this latest update from washington, dc. The details that we have so far is, as you mentioned there, the suspect s name was Craig Robertson. We understand he was 75 years old. And there was a criminal complaint that had already been filed in the District Court of utah regarding serious concerns about him. So one of the charges that he was facing was threats against the president ive got the criminal complaint in front of me but fbi agents conducted surveillance of his home back in march. They wanted to talk to him about his Social Media Posts. He told them, according to the complaint, to come back with an Arrest Warrant which they did. Now, when you look at the criminal complaint and the evidence that they had compiled against him, it included Social Media Posts that hed put up. And theyre very dark messages. They show violence towards
Notable democrats, also glorifying guns. one particular post which worried agents and that has been cited in the criminal complaint is when he posted, i hear biden is coming to utah. cleaning the dust off the m21; sniper rifle. welcome, buffoon in chief. now, we haven t been given any details on exactly what led to the shooting, although our partner station cbs says law enforcement sources told them that there was a gunfire of some sort, and the fbi told the bbc in a statement that they re following their policy, which is to now refer the case to the agency for a review. in other news. president biden has signed an executive order that would ban certain us investment in sensitive technology in china. it is the latest twist in china us tension and comes at a time when china s economic growth is
Former fbi did pd director, intermediate. shimon, walk us through exactly what happened today. certainly, a lot of concern given that the president was coming to utah, and that set off a whole chain of events. first, the suspect here, craig robertson, on monday, the fbi saw that he posted a message on facebook, saying that the president was coming to utah. basically, it was time for him to take action. he wrote, i hear biden s coming to utah, digging out my old gillies suit. this is camouflage outfit that you see there. cleaning the dust of the am 24 sniper rifle. he says welcome, buffoon -in-chief. they were ready. seeing this post, the fbi decided it was time to move in and take him off the street. this is a man they had been monitoring since march. because of other threats that he had posted, most significant, what really started all of this, the threat he posted against the manhattan district attorney here in new york city. the alvin bragg. he s been investigating the former pres