Provo home now clear after a deadly FBI shooting yesterday. We are learning more about Craig Robertson, the man who allegedly made credible threats to President Joe Biden’s life. For the first time, we are hearing from Robertson’s family.
Investigative Teams Uncover Details
Two News Team Coverage
Jimmy is live at the airport following the president’s departure, and joining us in the studio tonight is former FBI agent Carl Schmay. He will share his insight on the case and what happens next. Arielle is back in Provo, where the incident occurred, and community members are still in shock.
Provo Incident Recap
Arielle reports that the scene has been cleared and neighbors are expressing concern about the FBI’s actions. The video footage shows federal agents attempting to execute a search warrant at Robertson’s home. The FBI cited threatening social media activity towards the president as the reason for the search.
Public’s Demand for Answers
One community member questions the escalation that led to the shooting and demands transparency from the FBI. The FBI’s internal review process is explained by Carl Schmay, shedding light on the timeline for revealing details.
From First Amendment Rights to Clear Threats
The discussion delves into Robertson’s online posts that escalated from protected speech to specific threats against public officials. The operation to surprise Robertson at his home is explained as a tactical advantage for law enforcement.
Insight and Investigation
Former FBI agent Carl Schmay provides his expertise on the case and explains the FBI’s approach to handling the aftermath of the shooting. The timeline of events leading up to the incident is analyzed, highlighting the FBI’s prior interactions with Robertson.
Continued Investigation
Chief investigative reporter Wendy Holleran’s in-depth report on Craig Robertson’s background sheds more light on the individual involved. The investigation into Robertson’s motives and actions continues, with potential findings being revealed in the coming months.
Readers’ Comments and Opinions
What are your thoughts on the Provo shooting incident and the actions taken by the FBI? Do you believe there should be more transparency in such cases? Leave a comment below to share your opinion.
Why don’t the FBI wear body warn cameras? He said it like we should all understand that. Well I don’t.
“Credible threats” from a 300lb 75 year old man.🙄
Robertson's family doesn't know what they're talking about. You can't make a credible threat against ANY officer or employee of the federal government. Threats ARE NOT, nor have they EVER been, considered protected speech. That being said, every law enforcement officer in the United States, be they federal, state, or municipal, should be mandated to wear a body camera that is in working order, well maintained, and clear of obstruction. Gun cameras and/or cap cameras are a better solution.
This was all so wrong. 😢
I'm indifferent about the president myself but I also know sometimes you just have to keep your big mouth shut, they have to take every threat seriously.
He was free to speak, but you are never free of consequences. Believe me the FBI and Secret Service look into ALL threats to the President. A local mental female made threats to Obama, they came to our tiny little town to contact her.
How many threatened TRUMP in worse ways than this more BULLSHIT
YOUR A WIMPY FOOL BIDEN PEOPLE KNOW YOU DIDNT GET 81MILLION LEGAL VOTES BIDEN WAS INSTALLED LIKE A TOILET NOT ELECTED THIS MAN HAD A RIGHT TO BITCH AND WAS MURDERED JUST LIKE LAVOY FINNICUM AGENTS DONT WEAR BODY CAMS ? BULLSHIT!!!!
All trump supporters are either stupid or traitorous.
Let that would’ve been my black ass🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We Need More Guns in AMERIKKKA!
I think everyone needs to be grateful. The fbi has toned it down quite a bit.
The fbis only murdered an old man. They didn't burn alive a bunch of kids. The fbi has made some serious progress since Waco. I think you peasants should show some appreciation. You unwashed, uneducated, uncouth racists.
Think of this mans age. His paranoia and his obession with his firearms. He needed treatment to imo dementia with paranoid features. If you watch a previous encounter with law enforcement you will see he wasnt well.
I saw an hour long bidy cam of him brandishing a AR15 when police went to his door before this all happened. I think by watching he was suffering from some dementia and paranoia. They already knew what wasvin his house because police distracted him and he was oblivious to 2 deputys going in recording his home on Bodycam.
fbi carrying out executions – better start neighborhood patrols – sheriff should be arresting the shooters
He could barely walk. This was m-r der.
Use the FBI videos of JOHN ROCHE to bring them down.
They gave you everything you need to d3stroy them.
USE THEIR OWN VIDEOS AGAINST THEM.
You don't threaten the president
Why…. IF you were gonna do something, would you post it all over social media? 😂. What a dumb ass!
This elderly man in his late 70's was 'all talk' and was 'taken out' by the FBI unnecessarily.
Yeah OK arrest him for making death threats but killing him went way too far.
They show up in the middle of the night in large force and coerce/goad the defendant into some kind of action that they say is offensive….. And with few, if any, witnesses, they murder them… They did it at Ruby Ridge, in Waco, and in Washington state…. These people are the American gestapo….
"The guy is dead"…murdered if the Truth be known…just yell "he's got a gun" and you can execute him with a hail of bullets. ..never hanged an innocent man…always declared him guilty first…then hanged him..Wray the fbi chief represented Chris Christie in his child molester case of 9 to 13 Sept 2013.
What about all the celebrities that threatened Trump?
FBI has become a group that works for the ruling class in power, ie Biden . This is no worse than a dictatorship. They killed an angry old man.
Trump has been threatened for the past 8 years and the FBI didn’t whack anyone because of it.
Democrats order the FBI to kill for them and the Bureau just does it.
The 1st Amendment does not cover threatening to kill people.
Robertson's family and friends should have gotten him a psychological evaluation and sucide intervention.
Make a treath pay the price. This was caused by the fat orange POS x president
Wait a minute….WHY does the FBI NOT WEAR body cam??? If police officers in the field must have them we need to demand they also have them.
Can't believe this crooks In The fbi would shoot an unarmed 91 yr old. Besides the FBI obviously being corrupt they have to be cowards to murder an unarmed man.HE might have made comment s on social media but doesn't mean mean he was going to act to it to try to make America great Again
Making threats is just stupid activity. How are people supposed to know you were just kidding ,and when it turns into action, people say why didn,t Law Enforcement do something.. If you threaten violence you are looking for trouble.
First degree murder by government is apparently legal
Freedom of speech shall include talking about our distrust in our elected Officials as they can listen to the people that elected their sorry asses! Whether they like what they hear or NOT!
transparency would be great. bodycams keep everyone accountable.
we all know how this happened he had a visit from the police prior to all this and he told him about all his guns it was posted and he was profiled. What you showed as a threat was a statement it's far from a threat I said he was going to get his stuff and dusted off he did not say he was coming after him. And when you called it a shoot out I've been less Craig Robertson shot at the FBI that is not a shoot out and that is just to attract people to read. This man had a hard time getting from his front door to his bench. I think this is fulfilling the narrative of white men and bad white men. This man had no intentions on hurting anybody I'm sure he was a good man. To love God does not make you bad and I have a lot of them that are legal and they were. But he had a visit and they talked about all his guns and then therefore brought attention to the man. I find this as one of the disgusting acts on the FBI and this administration that is the Biden administration there after everybody who could protect themselves. I will read further but I sure hope when you write shoot out that you met he shot to not just the FBI. And I'm sure he didn't shoot or somebody would've been dead besides him. He was an old man and he was profiled
What do you expect when you kick somebody's door down the middle tonight
Local sheriff could have went to his door and there wouldn't have been no problem
Is this the second disabled veteran that the FBI has killed
He was harmless. He was just talking bullshit and the pictures and things were honestly just to impress people. If you watch his body cam playback of 2018 then you would see that the man just liked to talk and he was the type of person that didn’t hold anything back but he also liked to impress people with his accomplishments and belongings! He wasn’t violent unless pushed to protect what was his and who doesn’t do that.