Man who threatened US President Joe Biden shot dead in FBI raid

Robertson also made threats against Alvin Bragg, a prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against Donald Trump.

Officers were attempting to serve an arrest warrant to Robertson at his home, when the incident took place.

The man was armed, unnamed law enforcement sources told the Associated Press.

The raid took place at 06:15 local time in Provo, around 40 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah.

President Biden was due to arrive in the city as part of a state visit, just hours later.

The FBI released a statement saying the incident was under review: ““The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously.”

Posts and messages Robertson made on Facebook included pictures of guns and threats to murder Biden and as well as Bragg, who is leading the investigation into Trump’s hush money scandal.

He posted a range of violent messages and photos on his two Facebook accounts.

One such example, that he allegedly made on Monday, read: “I hear Biden is coming to Utah. Digging out my old ghillie suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle."

At the time of his death, Robertson faced three felony counts, including making interstate threats, making threats against the president and influencing, impeding and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat.

Robertson came to the attention of FBI agents after he posted a threat against Bragg on Truth Social, the social media network owned by the former President.

After Truth Social alerted the FBI, agents then visited the suspect.

He told them the post was a “dream” and abruptly ended the conversation by saying: “We’re done here! Don’t return without a warrant!”

Other messages targeted US Attorney General Merrick Garland and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Online, Robertson described himself as a “MAGA Trumper”.

Details regarding the circumstances of his death have yet to be released.