Utah man Craig Deleeuw Robertson is shot dead by the FBI in raid after posting on Facebook ‘credible’ Joe Biden death threats ahead of president’s visit to Salt Lake City
- A Utah man was fatally shot during an FBI raid in Salt Lake City on Wednesday morning, a source at the FBI told ABC News
- The shooting took place at around 6:15 am while special agents attempted to serve arrest and search warrants at a residence in Provo
- An FBI official said the raid was in connection with an investigation into alleged threats against President Joe Biden and others, according to ABC
A Utah man was shot and killed by FBI agents during a Wednesday morning raid linked to assassination threats against President Biden and other top Democrats, including Vice President Kamala Harris and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The deadly shooting occurred in Provo around 6:15 a.m., when the feds tried to serve arrest and search warrants at a home, the FBI office in Salt Lake City told The Post in a statement.
A federal complaint obtained by The Post from the Utah US Attorney’s office identified the suspect at the center of the probe that prompted Wednesday’s raid as 75-year-old Craig Robertson.
An agency spokesperson confirmed that one person struck by gunfire had died, but she did not share any further details about the “agent-involved shooting.”
“The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously,” the statement read.
“In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under review by the FBI’s Inspection Division.”
Robertson — who described himself in his social media posts as a “MAGA TRUMPER” — was facing counts of interstate threats, a threat against the president and influencing, impeding and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat.
The 39-page complaint included numerous unhinged Facebook posts made by Robertson threatening to assassinate Biden and other senior Democrats, including Harris, Bragg, New York Attorney General Letitia James, US Attorney General Merrick Garland and California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
In a status update posted earlier this week, Robertson, an Air Force veteran, suggested that he was planning to make an attempt on Biden’s life when the commander-in-chief visited the Beehive State later this week.
“I hear Biden is coming to Utah,” Robertson wrote Sunday.
“Digging out my old ghille suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle. Welcome, Buffoon-in-chief!”
An FBI agent wrote in the complaint filed Tuesday seeking a warrant for Robertson’s arrest that the suspect’s post presented a “knowing and willful true threat to kill or cause injury to President Biden.”
