Exclusive from me:
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) August 10, 2022
The judge who signed the Trump search warrant is facing violent threats from far-right extremists, including some targeting his children.
"I see a rope around his neck,” one wrote, under a post listing the judge's home addresshttps://t.co/LohbCCRjcA
Biography and contact information of a federal magistrate judge has been wiped from a Florida court’s website in the last 24 hours.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) August 10, 2022
The judge has become the target of violent threats following the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.
The name & address of the judge who issued the #MarALago search warrant leaked out, and now, spurred by #Republican political leaders, right wing groups are calling for execution of the judge, and of many leading #Democrats. https://t.co/MJpxD7qQcr
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 10, 2022
"Authorities monitoring social media posts are spotting a significant increase in death threats aimed towards agents, Wray and Garland. These threats are reported to continue at a steady pace online." https://t.co/N7py25W4QU
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 10, 2022
The right-wing threats of violence against the judge who authorized the Mar-a-Lago search has me thinking about this alarming exchange with @RachelKleinfeld, who says we're "pretty far along" on a "trajectory" towards worsening political violence:https://t.co/nkFilmeHNY pic.twitter.com/aJQGpl62CX
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 10, 2022