Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents have shot dead a “frail”, 75-year-old man who identified as a “MAGA Trumper” and who couldn’t walk without “the aid of a hand-carved stick.” The incident occurred while the highly politicized agency executed a warrant related to Facebook posts about shooting Joe Biden and other Democrats. Robertson, a Vietnam veteran, had even used his Facebook posts to heckle the FBI itself.
Craig Deleeuw Robertson of Provo, Utah, posted some heated, but also some clearly jocular Facebook posts, pertaining to his dislike of Democrats, with one suggesting Attorney Merrick Garland is a “demented weasel” in need of a “12 gauge ennema [sic]”. Indeed when he was stopped by the FBI after visiting a church back in March, he told them his post contained the words, “It was a dream! We’re done here! Don’t return without a warrant!”
The FBI, which Robertson referred to as the “Federal Bureau of Idiots,” did indeed return with a warrant, showing up at his house hours before Biden was due to visit Utah on Wednesday. The senior citizen had recently posted that it was time to start “cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle” for the “buffoon-in-chief”.
“The incident began when special agents attempted to serve arrest and search warrants at a residence. The subject is deceased,” the FBI said late Wednesday. But neighbors expressed disbelief, describing Robertson as a “frail, elderly man… who walked with the aid of a hand-carved stick” and “didn’t seem a threat” despite often carrying a firearm.
“There’s no way that he was driving from here to Salt Lake City, setting up a rifle and taking a shot at the President – 100 percent no way,” said one local.
The FBI has been vague in their description of the shooting, which took place at 6:15am. They have anonymously briefed the press that Robertson was armed at the time of the shooting, but whether than means he had a gun in his hands or was just carrying one in a holster was not explained.
