The FBI gunned down a Utah man accused of making death threats against President Joe Biden during a raid on his home on Wednesday morning.
Seventy-five-year-old Craig Deleeuw Robertson was being charged with three counts of interstate threats, threats against the president, and influencing, impeding, and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat, according to a criminal complaint.
“PERHAPS UTAH WILL BECOME FAMOUS THIS WEEK AS THE PLACE A SNIPER TOOK OUT BIDEN THE MARXIST,” one of his Facebook posts allegedly read.
“IN MY DREAM I SEE JOE BIDEN’S BODY IN A DARK CORNER OF A DC PARKING GARAGE WITH HIS HEAD SEVERED AND LYING IN A HUGE PUDDLE OF BLOOD. HOORAH,” another post said.
“I hear Biden is coming to Utah. Digging out my old ghillie suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle, Robertson allegedly wrote on Monday.
Robertson also reportedly posted numerous photos online of the firearms he kept in a gun cache inside his house.
The FBI deemed these threats “credible,” and attempted to serve arrest and search warrants at Robertson’s home in Provo, Utah, but ended up shooting and killing him around 6:15 a.m. local time.
Biden was expected to arrive in Salt Lake City, Utah, an hour away from the Provo residence, just hours after the shooting occurred.
Two FBI agents conducted surveillance at Robertson’s home in late March after he allegedly made threats against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
“I’ll be waiting in the courthouse parking garage with my suppressed Smith &Wesson M&P 9mm to smoke a radical fool prosecutor that should never have been elected,” Robertson allegedly wrote, days before Bragg indicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
When the FBI agents contacted Robertson in March, he defended his post, arguing it “was a dream,” and he told them to come back with a warrant, according to the charging documents.