of American senators accuse the former American president of encouraging the spill of hatred which aims for federal police since agents have recovered state confidential documents from his property in Florida.
Le Monde with AFP
The spectacular search at Donald Trump’s Florida home in August continues to make waves. Since this operation, the FBI and the Ministry of Internal Security report an increase in threats and acts of violence against federal police officers.
“I have said many times that the violence against the police was never – never – acceptable, regardless of the ideology that motivates it,” said the influential on Tuesday 20 September Democratic Senator Dick Durbin who accuses the Republican camp of contributing to this unhealthy climate.
But here is the reality: last month, after the search by the FBI of Mar-A-Lago, the residence of Donald Trump, the federal police faced an avalanche of threats against his employees and his buildings, and These threats were encouraged by the former president and his allies.
The Senate voted “unanimously” a text condemning these threats, noting in passing the remarks of certain republican members of the Congress who called to “stop finance” the FBI or compared the search “to the actions of La Gestapo “, the political police of Nazi Germany. 2>” vicious monsters ”
On August 8, the FBI searched Donald Trump’s residence in Florida, 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 for having violated an American espionage law which very strictly supervises the detention of confidential documents.
Donald Trump, who openly plans to represent himself during the 2024 presidential election, a storm since against a search which he deems “illegal and unconstitutional”, and repeats having been targeted for political reasons.
On August 11, a 42 -year -old armed man attempted to enter the FBI premises in Cincinnati, Ohio, after launching a “call for arms” on the social network of Donald Trump, Truth social. The man, killed by the police, believed that it was necessary to “respond by force” to the search with Donald Trump and “shoot the agents of the FBI”.
The text adopted by the Senate describes other intimidation attempts, such as the threat of depositing a “dirty bomb”, made from stolen radioactive materials, in front of the FBI seat or even calls for “war civil “and” armed revolt “.
He also underlines the “repeated attacks of the ex-president who, among other insults, treated the officials of the FBI of” vicious monsters “”.