FBI director Chris Wray and agents are seeing an increase in death threats after the raid on Mar-a-Lago and are considering increasing their security, report claims
- Trump allies have stepped up rhetoric against the FBI and Justice Department
- Reports suggest there has been an increase in death threats against FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland
- Trump himself is using fiery rhetoric and conspiracy theories his fundraising emails that use the Mar-a-Lago search to solicit cash from supporters
The FBI director and staff have seen a surge in threats and are considering steps to improve their security following the raid on Mar-a-Lago, according to sources.
Allies of Donald Trump have heaped abuse on the FBI and the Department of Justice ever since it emerged that agents had arrived at former president's Florida home on Monday.
Authorities monitoring social media posts are reporting a significant rise in death threats directed at FBI agents, its director Christopher Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland, according to Fox News.
Both officials already travel with armed security guards. But there are discussions to step up protections as violent rhetoric circulates online.
Reports suggest a surge in online death threats against Attorney General Merrick Garland (left) and FBI Director Christopher Wray after agents searched Mar-a-Lago
The search was reportedly related to the National Archives and Records Administration, which is charged with safeguarding presidential records that belong to the public
Mar-a-Lago is closed for the summer. Its well-heeled members generally leave Florida for cooler locations, only returning for the winter. Trump was in New York on Monday
It comes as extremists on the right step up claims that the country is already mired in civil war.
Extremism researcher Caroline Orr Bueno put together a collection of violence abuse posted on Twitter.
'Civil war! Pick up arms, people!' said one commenter.
Elsewhere, senior conservatives also stepped up their abuse of federal agencies.
'I will support a complete dismantling and elimination of the democrat brown shirts known as the FBI,' wrote Republican Rep. Paul Gosar, of Arizona, comparing federal agents with the Nazi party.
'This is too much for our republic to withstand.'
The unprecedented search marked a significant escalation of the federal investigation into whether Trump illegally removed records from the White House as he was leaving office in January 2021. Trump continues to flirt publicly with running again for president in 2024 but has not said clearly whether he will do so.
The warrant was related to the National Archives and Records Administration, which is charged with safeguarding presidential records that belong to the public, and whether there were classified documents at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The person said the FBI took about 10 boxes of papers, but that a safe that was searched was empty.
Since then, Trump's team has bombarded people on its mailing list with requests for donations.
They have used fiery rhetoric and accusations of a conspiracy against Trump to solicit cash.
'Nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the United States before, and it’s important that you know that it wasn't just my home that was violated - it was the home of every patriotic American who I have been fighting for since that iconic moment I came down the Golden Escalators in 2015,' said Trump in one fundraising email.
'I stood up to the radical left’s corruption. I restored power to the people and truly delivered for our country like we have never seen before. The establishment hated it.
'Now, as they watch my endorsed candidates win big victories and see my dominance in all polls, they are trying to stop the Republican Party and me once more.'
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