Robertson was killed in an FBI raid on Wednesday after sharing multiple threats against President Joe Biden on social media.
The family of Craig Deleeuw Robertson has issued a statement in his defense after the FBI killed the 75-year-old following multiple social media posts threatening President Joe Biden.
Other social media posts featured Robertson, a registered Republican who expressed support for former President Donald Trump, saying that “the time is right for a presidential assassination or two” while referencing Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
As recently as Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, Robertson wrote that “perhaps Utah will become famous this week as the place a sniper took out Biden the Marxist.”
Robertson’s death outraged conservatives who claimed on social media the killing was unjustified. However, an Associated Press report citing two law enforcement sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity claims that Robertson was armed at the time of the shooting. The FBI said that the incident is under review.
In a statement provided on Thursday to Salt Lake City CBC affiliate KUTV, Robertson’s family said that he was a “good and decent man” who was only exercising his “First Amendment right to free speech.”
The full statement follows below:
“We, the family of Craig Deeluew Robertson, are shocked and devastated by the senseless and tragic killing of our beloved father and brother, and we fervently mourn the loss of a good and decent man.
“The Craig Robertson we knew was a kind and generous person who was always willing to assist another in need, even when advanced age, limited mobility, and other physical challenges made it more difficult and painful for him to do so.
