{"id":1998334,"date":"2023-08-11T20:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-of-man-killed-by-fbi-after-allegedly-threatening-biden-speaks-out-he-loved-this-country-with-all-his-heart\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T20:03:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T00:03:40","slug":"family-of-man-killed-by-fbi-after-allegedly-threatening-biden-speaks-out-he-loved-this-country-with-all-his-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-of-man-killed-by-fbi-after-allegedly-threatening-biden-speaks-out-he-loved-this-country-with-all-his-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of Man Killed by FBI After Allegedly Threatening Biden: He Loved His Country Wholeheartedly"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffamily-of-man-killed-by-fbi-after-allegedly-threatening-biden-speaks-out-he-loved-this-country-with-all-his-heart%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998334&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Family of Man Killed by FBI \u200cAfter Allegedly\u2063 Threatening Biden Speaks Out: He &#8216;Loved This Country with All\u200c His Heart&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Family members of an \u2064elderly Provo, Utah, man killed outside his house Wednesday by FBI agents \u200dinvestigating threatening posts \u2062on his Facebook account have released\u2063 a statement questioning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-chief-initially-denies-border-patrol-agents-used-whips-on-haitians-then-changes-tune\/\" title=\"DHS Chief Initially Denies Border Patrol Agents Used Whips On Haitians, Then Changes Tune\">agents\u2019 actions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/kutv.com\/news\/local\/family-of-man-killed-in-fbi-shootout-over-presidential-threats-releases-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KUTV-TV<\/a> in Salt Lake City on Thursday \u200bafternoon, the family denied claims that he was a credible threat to President Joe Biden, who was visiting\u200b Utah that day.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Relatives of \u200dCraig Celeeuw \u2063Robertson, 75, described him as being of\u00a0 \u201cadvanced age, with limited mobility\u201d and \u201clargely homebound,\u201d calling\u200c into question whether he was a serious danger.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/utah\/2023\/8\/9\/23826196\/fbi-shooting-provo-utah-one-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deseret News<\/a>,\u2064 one unnamed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/neighbors-man-killed-fbi-allegedly-threatening-biden-speak-not-man-knew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">neighbor<\/a> \u2062 said Robertson weighed almost 300\u2063 pounds and required a cane to\u200c walk.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His mobility difficulties were reportedly so severe that he drove to\u2064 church, which was only about 200 yards from his home, instead \u200bof \u200cmaking the short trip on foot.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The family\u2019s statement to KUTV went on to defend his online statements as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-doubles-free-speech-promise-permitting-personal-safety-risk-prove-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cCraig loved \u200cthis country \u200bwith all his heart,\u201d \u200cthey said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe saw \u2063it as \u2063a God-inspired and God-blessed land of liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The family went on to explain that with Robertson\u2019s limited mobility, \u201cthere was \u2063very little he could do but exercise his \u2064First Amendment right to free speech and voice his protest in what has become\u200d the \u200cpublic \u200bsquare of our age \u2062\u2014 the internet and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/kslnewsradio.com\/2027837\/why-did-the-fbi-shoot-a-man-in-provo-the-same-day-president-biden-landed-in-salt-lake-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSL-FM<\/a> in Salt Lake City, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> in question said, \u201cPerhaps Utah will become famous this week as the place a sniper \u200dtook \u200cout Biden the Marxist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the outlet \u2062reported,\u200d Robertson said\u2063 on Facebook, \u201cI hear Biden is coming\u2062 to Utah. Digging \u200cout my old ghillie suit and \u2063cleaning the dust of the \u200cM24 sniper rifle. Welcome, Buffoon-in-chief.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Although the family acknowledged \u200cin the statement to\u200c KUTV that Robertson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-right-free-speech-internet-may\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">words<\/a> \u200dwere sometimes \u201cintemperate,\u201d\u200c they\u2062 vehemently argued that he never would have acted in a manner deserving \u2064of any action\u200c by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe \u200dhas never, and would never, commit any act of violence against\u200b another human being over \u2064a political or philosophical \u2063disagreement,\u201d the \u200dfamily said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was active\u200b in his local church congregation\u200c and loved the Lord Jesus Christ with all his \u2064heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further muddying\u2063 the waters are unanswered questions about \u2062the exact\u200c events preceding the death, which are still under investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Deseret News reported that no \u200bofficial FBI\u2064 statement had indicated \u200cwhether Robertson had a weapon,\u2063 but an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-of-man-killed-by-fbi-after-allegedly-threatening-biden-speaks-out-he-loved-this-country-with-all-his-heart\/\" title=\"Family of Man Killed by FBI After Allegedly Threatening Biden: He Loved His Country Wholeheartedly\">anonymous source allegedly\u200c told<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/09\/us\/politics\/fbi-shooting-utah-biden-threats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u2064New York \u2064Times<\/a> that he was indeed\u2064 armed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Regardless of the outcome, the family said they \u201chold\u2062 no personal \u200banimosity\u201d toward the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-truth-social-tipped-off-fbi-75-year-old-man-later-killed-raid-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> agents<\/a> \u200c and asked \u200cfor \u201ctime and space\u201d\u2062 to process\u2062 their \u2064grief.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-man-killed-fbi-allegedly-threatening-biden-speaks-loved-country-heart\/\">Family of Man Killed by FBI After Allegedly \u200dThreatening Biden Speaks Out: He &#8216;Loved This Country with All His Heart&#8217;<\/a> appeared \u200cfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of an elderly man from Provo, Utah, who was fatally shot by FBI agents outside his home, has expressed concerns about the agents&#8217; actions. 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