It’s part of a dramatic uptick in #violent #threats against #FBI agents that has coincided w/attacks on the FBI & the #DOJ by congressional #Republicans & #Trump, who have accused both agencies of participating in a #conspiracy to subvert #justice amid 2 federal #indictments of Trump.

#Radicalization #DomesticViolentExtremism #StateSponsoredTerror

#Prosecutors & #FBI agents involved in the #HunterBiden investigation have been the targets of #threats & #harassment by people who think they haven’t been tough enough on the president’s son, acc/to govt ofcls & congressional #testimony….

#Radicalization #DomesticViolentExtremism #StateSponsoredTerror
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/prosecutors-fbi-agents-hunter-biden-investigation-threatened-rcna104932

They also show that #Twitter’s ldrs were reluctant to take action against #Trump’s a/c 2 days after the #insurrection, even as lawyers inside the co argued that his cont’d praise of the #Capitol #rioters amounted to “glorification of violence,” an offense punishable then by #suspension under Twitter’s #rules.

#Birdsite #TwitterFiles #Jan6 #PoliticalViolence #DomesticViolentExtremism #HateForProfit #DomesticTerrorism #StateSponsoredTerror #MAGA #GOP

But the recs reveal a co that fought until the end to give some of #Trump’s most belligerent supporters the benefit of the doubt, even as its internal teams faced an overwhelming volume of tweets #threatening #retribution in line w/Trump’s #lies that the #election had been #stolen.

#Birdsite #TwitterFiles #Jan6 #Insurrection #PoliticalViolence #DomesticViolentExtremism #HateForProfit #DomesticTerrorism #StateSponsoredTerror #MAGA #GOP #Trump

#Twitter’s current owner, #ElonMusk, commissioned a series of reports intended to reveal how the company had previously sought to squelch #conservative speech, & a #Republican-led cmte in the #House of Reps is working to build the case that the tech giants have been digitally #weaponized against #conservative ideas.

#Birdsite #TwitterFiles #Jan6 #Insurrection #PoliticalViolence #DomesticViolentExtremism #HateForProfit #DomesticTerrorism #StateSponsoredTerror #MAGA #GOP #Trump

A jury deliberated for 7 days in DC before finding #EnriqueTarrio, 29, & the other #ProudBoys #guilty on 31 of 46 counts. The jury handed down not guilty verdicts on 4 counts & returned to deliberate on a remaining 11 counts. The result was another decisive victory for the #DOJ in the latest of 3 #SeditiousConspiracy trials held after what it called a historic act of #DomesticTerrorism.

#Justice #MAGAterrorism #Trump #TrumpCoupAttempt #RightWingExtremism #StateSponsoredTerror #extremist #Jan6

3) #StateSponsoredTerror may see a resurgence. #Iran has always been a big fan of using proxy forces to conduct terror attacks - a way to do damage while maintaining some plausible deniability

#Russia has clearly been engaged in #terrorism for some time but everyone has been willing to look the other way. With things going poorly in #Ukraine and the West severing ties, barriers to Russians expanding their operations may lower even further.