With the history of Donald Trump’s supporters actions this unfortuantely HAS to be expected…
Trump and his supporters intimidation is part of Trump way of operating….
Almost like a organized crime organization….
The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security issues. The FBI has called threats against law enforcement “reprehensible and dangerous,” and says it is working closely with other law enforcement agencies “to assess and respond to such threats.”
Experts in political extremism say organized threats of violence against government institutions are generally down since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, in part because people have realized they could face legal consequences for taking action.
Still, experts say they frequently observe violent rhetoric targeting people who are blamed for undermining the former president — not just prosecutors involved in the criminal investigations surrounding Trump but also swing-state election workers refuting false claims of voter fraud.
Far-right Trump supporters are posting the names of prosecutors and government workers online and yelling them at demonstrations, threatening them and sometimes revealing details about their personal lives, the experts said….
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Top Justice Department officials, including Smith, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, have long had security details, and officials are dispatching security to other personnel as needed, people familiar with the matter said…..
Trump Is Getting Even More Reckless on Social Media
Aaron Blake: “You could perhaps understand Trump’s original post of Obama’s alleged address as unwitting — it was a small detail in a series of four images of the article posted by Trump — but leaving it up after all this time must be a choice.”
“And it’s only the latest evidence of social media posts from the former president that have increasingly gone off the rails. Trump’s posts have never been the staid communications you’d expect from a statesman, but even by his standards, the past week has been remarkable.”
Politicalwire