07/16/2024

FBI, DHS Warn of Possible Retaliation for Attack on Trump

An intelligence bulletin raises an alarm about election violence

U.S. authorities are concerned about possible attacks on liberals in retaliation to the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said Monday in a rare joint intelligence bulletin.

Violent extremists or others "may attempt follow-on or retaliatory acts of violence" in response to the attempted assassination of Trump at a rally over the weekend in Pennsylvania, the agencies said in the bulletin obtained by POLITICO.

No specific targets are mentioned, but the four-page bulletin notes that extremists have conducted or plotted attacks against "perceived political or ideological opponents," in the past, the DHS and FBI said.

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