The FBI is investigating an "unprecedented" number of threats against
bureau personnel and property in the wake of the search of former
President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, including some against
agents listed in court records as being involved in the recent search, a
law enforcement source tells CNN.
On Friday, the names of the two agents who signed the search warrant
paperwork circulated online. The names had been included in a version of
the search warrant that was leaked prior to the official unsealing of
the documents. The version released by the court redacted the agents' names.
The heightened level of threats follows a high-profile week for the
bureau in which agents executed a search warrant at Trump's Palm Beach
property as part of an evidence-gathering step in a national security investigation about presidential records, including classified
documents, taken to Florida. The warrant, which was unsealed and
released by a federal judge on Friday, revealed the Justice Department
is looking into possible violations of the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records, as part of its investigation.
In the days following the search, violent threats surfaced online, with
posters writing, "Garland needs to be assassinated" -- referencing
Attorney General Merrick Garland, who "personally approved" the decision
to seek a warrant -- and "kill all feds." Additionally, the biography
and contact information of the federal magistrate judge who signed the
search warrant was wiped from a Florida court's website after he too
became the target of violent threats.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/12/politics/fbi-threats-maralago-trump-search/index.html
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