The former president of the United States is accused of encouraging this outpouring of hatred.
On Tuesday, US senators condemned the avalanche of threats received by the federal police since the search last month of the residence of Donald Trump.
"I have said many times that violence against law enforcement is never ever okay, no matter what ideology drives it," influential Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said.
“But here’s the reality: Last month, after the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s residence, federal police faced an avalanche of threats against its employees and buildings, and those threats were encouraged by the former president and his allies,” he continued.
The FBI compared to “the Gestapo”
The Senate voted “unanimously” for a text condemning these threats, noting in passing remarks from certain Republican members of Congress who called for “stop funding” the FBI or compared the search “to the actions of the Gestapo”. , the political police of Nazi Germany.
On August 8, the FBI raided Donald Trump's Florida residence and seized boxes of confidential documents that the Republican had not returned after leaving the White House, despite multiple requests.
Federal investigators suspect Donald Trump of having thus violated an American law on espionage which very strictly regulates the possession of confidential documents.
“Shoot FBI agents on sight”
Donald Trump, who openly plans to run for president in 2024, has since stormed against a search that he considers "illegal and unconstitutional", and repeats that he was targeted for political reasons.
Since this operation, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have reported an increase in threats and acts of violence against federal police officers.
On August 11, a 42-year-old gunman, for example, tried to force his way into FBI premises in Cincinnati, Ohio, after issuing a "call to arms" on Donald Trump's social network, Truth. Social.
The man, killed by the police, believed that it was necessary to "respond with force" to the search at Donald Trump's home and "shoot on sight the FBI agents".
Calls for “civil war”
The text adopted by the Senate describes other attempts at intimidation, such as the threat to plant a "dirty bomb", made from stolen radioactive materials, in front of the FBI headquarters or even calls for "civil war" and to "armed revolt".
He also underlines the "repeated attacks by the ex-president who, among other insults, called FBI officials 'vicious monsters'".
Donald Trump's team did not react immediately to AFP's requests.
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