A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Bies was arrested Monday. He was arrested Friday. The article has been corrected.
Adam Bies’s goal was simple: kill as many FBI agents as he could, according to a federal criminal complaint filed Monday in western Pennsylvania.
And Bies, 46, wasn’t shy about expressing that goal in the days after FBI agents executed a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago Club, former president Donald Trump’s home and beach resort in south Florida, an agent with the bureau wrote in an affidavit for Bies’s arrest. He allegedly threatened to “slaughter” and “kill” FBI employees in multiple posts on Gab, a conservative social media platform.
“We the people cannot WAIT to water the trees of liberty with your blood,” Bies allegedly wrote in an Aug. 10 post. “I’ll be waiting for you to kick down my door.”
Bies was arrested late Friday, according to a Justice Department news release. He’s charged with threatening to assault or murder a federal law enforcement officer. Bies appeared Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and a federal judge scheduled a Thursday hearing to determine whether he should remain locked up as the case against him proceeds.
Court records do not list a lawyer for Bies. The federal prosecutor assigned to his case did not immediately return a request for comment from The Washington Post early Tuesday.
Bies’s arrest came days after FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago Club on Aug. 8,...
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