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Washington — Republican Liz Cheney expands attack on Donald Trump after losing Tuesday night primary, ex-president claims FBI agents who searched his Florida home had political motives
Federal investigators said last week that as part of an investigation into whether important documents were illegally removed from the White House after Trump's resignation, a Florida state A box of classified documents was seized from the former president's resort in Palm Beach.
Trump claimed, without evidence, that the investigation and the agents involved in it were part of a conspiracy by his political rivals to hurt him politically.
"This is another insidious lie," said US Congressman Cheney in his controversial speech Tuesday night. She said Trump "knows that embracing these conspiracies will provoke violence and threats of violence. This happened on January 6th and is still recurring."
Cheney has garnered Trump's ire by voting to impeach him for instigating the January 6, 2021, fatal attack on the U.S. Capitol, leading to congressional investigations by his supporters. continued to play an important role. Violence in a day.
"Liz Cheney should be ashamed of herself, her actions, and her malicious and sacred words and actions towards others," Trump said after Cheney admitted her loss. said in a post on his social media platform Truth.
Trump himself announced a raid on his property on Aug. The Justice Department later made an unusual decision to require a judge to release the court-approved warrant that authorized the search.
An armed man with right-wing views attempted to break into his FBI offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday. Afterwards, he was shot dead by the police after a car chase.
On Monday, the Justice Department announced that a Pennsylvania man had been arrested on charges of threatening his FBI agent on the social media service Gab. Adam Bies, 46, was taken into custody Friday in connection with a social media post, the Justice Department said.
Cheney noted that Trump's allies released the names of his two agents involved in the search.
"It was intentional and malicious," Cheney said. "Patriotic Americans should not allow or intimidate these threats. Our great nation should not be ruled by a social media-incited mob." (Moira) · Reported by Warburton, edited by Scott Malone and Alister Bell)
