Trump Learns FBI Knew About FL Shooter, Goes Off POTUS-Style
When President Donald Trump found out the FBI missed a tip that could have led to the Florida shooter being stopped, he wasn’t happy.
And he went off the way he does best: Unfiltered, unreservedly, and in 280 characters or less.
In a Saturday night tweet, the president said it was “very sad” that the FBI had apparently mishandled hints that the shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, might be a threat.
The president also said that if the bureau was spending less time on the issue of Russian “collusion,” it might have had the resources to direct toward crimes like the shooting that claimed 17 lives.
“Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable,” the president tweeted.
“They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign – there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!”
Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign – there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, 2018
The president wasn’t the only one in the administration promising changes in how the FBI handles tips after the Parkland shooting.
According to the Washington Examiner, in a statement, Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised an “immediate review” of how the bureau handles tips.
“It is now clear that the warning signs were there and tips to the FBI were missed. We see the tragic consequences of those failures,” Sessions said in a statement.
The attorney general ordered Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to administer an “immediate review of our process” at both the FBI and the Department of Justice.
“This is imperative, and we must do better,” the statement read. “I have ordered the deputy attorney general to conduct an immediate review of our process here at the Department of Justice and FBI to ensure that we reach the highest level of prompt and effective response to indications of potential violence that come to us.”
According to Fox News, the FBI received a call to its Public Access Line on Jan. 5 that warned about the shooter’s posts on social media and odd behavior.
The call came from someone close to the shooter.
If the FBI followed its own rules, the information should have been passed on to the Miami FBI office.
“Under established protocols, the information provided by the caller should have been assessed as a potential threat to life,” a statement from the FBI said.
“We have determined that these protocols were not followed for the information received by the (Public Access Line) on Jan. 5.”
Sessions has called the review of why this information was mishandled a “top priority.”
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