{O/C} The pressing threats to U.S. law enforcement are becoming palpable tonight after authorities in America warned of potential danger to law enforcement officials.
This, after the surprise raid on former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort earlier this month.
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The FBI's court-approved raid on Mar-a-Lago, coupled with an earlier attack on the FBI's Cincinnati office, spotlights a potential surge in violent threats against federal law enforcement.
The joint intelligence bulletin from both the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security never touched upon Trump or his allies, but their families could also be in jeopardy.
This as the names of two FBI agents involved in the Mar-a-Lago search were publicised online.
What's more, pro-Trump internet forums are peddling calls for a "civil war".
To err on the side of caution, the Secret Service is heightening security at its locations like the White House, as is a vigilant FBI.
But still unleashing a barrage of accusations against the FBI and the Department of Justice, former President Trump portrayed the entire search as politically motivated.
Although Trump asserted the documents fished out had been declassified, one of Trump's former cabinet ministers bluntly broke down the reality.
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JOHN BOLTON, Former National Security Adviser:
I think that claim was almost certainly a lie.
It would have to be documented what they were, each document so that people would know what had been declassified. And I know of no logistical train, no paper train at all that says what's declassified and what's not.
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A disillusioned Bolton also painted Trump as having a penchant for snatching secret records.
But that's what pushed riled Trump advocates to fight fire with fire.
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TIM SCOTT, (R) South Carolina:
This has been a witch hunt for six years.
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JOHN SOLOMON, Just The News Founder:
He had a standing order that documents removed from the Oval Office and taken to the residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them.
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A country that's now consumed by an ear-splitting cacophony of strident voices.
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