INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
FBI executed an extraordinary search warrant at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, the residence of former President Donald Trump, as part of an ongoing
investigation into whether the ex-President illegally retained government records
worse since the beginning of 2021, compared to only eight percent who say the country has grown less divided
Senator compared the raid, which the U.S
Department of Justice says led to the FBI seizing more than 100 classified documents, to the lack of action against either President Joe
Americans believe political divisions have worsened
with 63 percent saying they expect the separations to increase and 62 percent predicting political violence will worsen over the next few
agency's search of Trump's home earlier this month
Speaking at an event in Pennsylvania he said "It's sickening to see the new attacks on the FBI..
identified multiple articulated threats and calls for the targeted killing of judicial, law enforcement, and government officials associated
also observed the personal identifying information of possible targets of violence, such as home addresses and identification of family
Biden sat down with a group of top historians who warned him that the current state of affairs was comparable to the eras that preceded the
American Civil War and World War II.Three in five Americans (60 percent) anticipate an increase in political violence in the next few years
and only nine percent expect political violence to decline
Elsewhere the new joint poll found that compared to Democrats, Republicans are more likely to say political division has worsened lately and
to expect the political divide to widen
Opinions on the frequency of political violence, now and in the future, have much smaller partisan gaps.Another major separate poll in July
suggested rising gun violence will spill into the political sphere, driven by conspiracy theories
The study confirmed one in five Americans believes violence motivated by political reasons is, at least sometimes, justified
and 2020 deaths from guns in the United States grew by nearly 43 percent and that firearm sales had surged to record levels during the
advocates say data based on FBI checks fails to give the exact picture as the number of firearms traded on the black market for example are
A survey by the Department of Justice in 2019 suggested that 43 percent of criminals purchased their guns on the black market
Nevertheless, last year firearm dealers sold about six guns for every 100 Americans.The record number of firearms and ammunition on the
streets with a polarized political landscape that saw the insurrection on Capitol Hill along with a rise in extremism gives worrying grounds
for the outbreak of civil war
