agent on Wednesday fatally shot a man in Provo, Utah, who officials said was armed and had threatened to assassinate President Biden just hours before the president was scheduled to speak in nearby Salt Lake City.
Craig D. Robertson, 75, was also charged with threatening to shoot other elected officials, including Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, as well as with making threats against law enforcement officials, according to court documents filed a day earlier in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City.
The shooting comes at a moment of intense polarization in American politics.
The three indictments of former President Donald J. Trump have offered fodder for supporters and allies, who have seized on his mounting legal peril to fan a narrative of a Justice Department weaponized against him and bent on derailing the Republican front-runner’s campaign to retake the White House.
Persons:
Biden, Craig D, Robertson, Alvin L, Bragg, Donald J, Trump, weaponized
Organizations:
Justice, Republican
Locations:
Provo , Utah, Salt Lake City, Manhattan, U.S