A man who had made violent threats against President Joe Biden and other officials online was fatally shot during an FBI raid on Wednesday.

The agents were trying to execute an arrest warrant for Craig Robertson at his residence in Utah, shortly before President Biden's planned visit to the state.

According to a criminal complaint, Robertson had posted threats on Facebook targeting Mr. Biden and a prosecutor involved in pursuing criminal charges against Donald Trump.

The FBI provided limited information about the incident. The raid took place around 06:15 local time in Provo, approximately 40 miles south of Salt Lake City.

The criminal complaint detailed messages that Robertson had shared on Facebook, including images of firearms and threats to harm both Mr. Biden and Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney overseeing an inquiry into a hush-money payment from Mr. Trump to an adult film star.

According to the complaint, other messages targeted US Attorney General Merrick Garland and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Robertson posted on Facebook: "I hear Biden is coming to Utah. Digging out my old ghillie suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle."

It was just one of dozens of violent messages and photos of weapons posted on two of Robertson's Facebook accounts.

The complaint said Robertson came to the attention of federal agents in March after he posted a threat against Mr. Bragg on Truth Social, the social network owned by Mr Trump. The company alerted the FBI's National Threat Operations Center.

FBI agents then visited the suspect, who told them that the post was a "dream" and ended the conversation by saying: "We're done here! Don't return without a warrant!"

Later posts by Robertson referenced his encounter with the agents, showed him in camouflage used by snipers, and repeatedly threatened public officials.

The messages continued as late as Tuesday, when he posted: "Perhaps Utah will become famous this week as the place a sniper took out Biden the Marxist."

Mr Biden is set to make his first visit to Utah as president later, with a visit to a veterans' hospital and a fundraising event in Park City.

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Well we are yet to understand the real plan behind the operation.