Trump’s increasing tirade against FBI and DoJ endangering lives of officials

The ex-president's cries of a witch hunt by law enforcement, echoed by his allies, have imperiled officers' physical safety

Donald Trump's non-stop drive to paint the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago to recover classified documents as a political witch hunt is drawing rebukes from ex-justice department and FBI officials who warn such attacks can spur violence and pose a real threat to the physical safety of law enforcement.

But the concerns have not deterred Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy and other Trump allies from making inflammatory remarks echoing the former US president.