As threats of violence against federal agents have increased over the past week following the FBI’s search of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and residence, more voices have joined the chorus of condemning such rhetoric.
On Aug. 8, FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago, which has led to an onslaught of criticism, including from Trump and Republican lawmakers, as well as threats against federal law enforcement personnel. Then on Aug. 12, the Homeland Security Department and FBI issued a joint intelligence bulletin warning of an increase in threats, mainly online, to federal law enforcement officers following the search, several news outlets have reported.
“Threats of violence, intimidation, and physical attacks against law enforcement and government officials have no place in civil society,” Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said in a statement on Monday. “To preserve the rule of law and protect the safety of the 700,000 government workers we represent, political leaders must tone down their overheated rhetoric and allow federal law enforcement officials to perform their jobs free from political interference.”
Ken Thomas, national president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, noted that “FBI agents are public servants that serve across presidential administrations” whose “work saves American lives every day.”
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