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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 775 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that violence and threats of violence 

against the employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are unacceptable and should be condemned. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. COONS, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL) submitted the 

following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate that violence and threats 

of violence against the employees of the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation are unacceptable and should be condemned. 

Whereas, pursuant to a judicially issued warrant, the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation (referred to in this preamble as 

‘‘FBI’’) searched the residence of former President Donald Trump (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘the former 

President’’) on August 8, 2022, for classified and national defense information records owned by the United 

States (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘the search’’); 

Whereas, in the days following the search, employees of the 

FBI and their families have been subjected to threats of 

violence; 


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Whereas the threats to employees of the FBI and their families have been inflamed by— 

(1) calls from members of Congress to ‘‘destroy the 

FBI’’ or ‘‘defund the FBI’’; 

(2) members of Congress comparing the execution of 

a lawful warrant by the FBI to the actions of the Nazi 

Gestapo; and 

(3) repeated attacks from the former President, who 

has called FBI officials, among other insults, ‘‘vicious 

monsters’’; 

Whereas the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security 

issued an intelligence bulletin warning of a further increase in violent threats and acts of violence against Federal law enforcement officials and facilities following the 

search; 

Whereas these threats include placing a ‘‘dirty bomb’’ outside 

of FBI headquarters and calls for ‘‘civil war’’ and 

‘‘armed rebellion’’; 

Whereas the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security 

have also ‘‘observed the personal identifying information 

of possible targets of violence, such as home addresses 

and identification of family members, disseminated online 

as additional targets’’; 

Whereas a man wearing body armor and armed with an AR15 rifle and nail gun attempted to breach the FBI Cincinnati Field Office on August 11, 2022; 

Whereas a man was indicted on August 16, 2022, for threatening to murder everyone at the FBI, from the Director, 

to agents, to the custodial staff; 

Whereas a man jumped a fence and threw rocks at the FBI 

Chicago Field Office on August 25, 2022; 


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Whereas the continued leveling of threats and baseless attacks against the FBI will increase the risk of injury or 

death that employees of the FBI face; and 

Whereas the employees of the FBI put their lives on the line 

every day to protect the communities of the United 

States and uphold the rule of law: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) condemns attacks and threats of violence 

3 against the employees of the Federal Bureau of In4 vestigation; 

5 (2) condemns calls from members of Congress 

6 to ‘‘destroy the FBI’’ and ‘‘defund the FBI’’; 

7 (3) urges public officials at every level of gov8 ernment to reject and condemn political violence and 

9 the threat of political violence, regardless of its moti10 vation; 

11 (4) honors the dedicated service of the employ12 ees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including 

13 their work executing lawful warrants; and 

14 (5) affirms that a founding principle of the 

15 United States is that individuals settle differences 

16 through the political process, not through the use or 

17 threat of violence. 

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