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VietPress USA (Feb. 18, 2018): On Jan. 5th, 2018, someone informed FBI that "Nikolas Cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting"
Nikolas Cruz, 19, used his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle to fire and killed 17 people at at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Feb. 14, 2018. “So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!,” Trump wrote in the tweet.
Democrats accused President Trump secretly an Obama-era gun checks regulation he repealed last year. The Obama-era regulation, which was enacted after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, would have required the Social Security Administration to send records of beneficiaries with severe mental disabilities to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The measure would have affected about 75,000 people found mentally incapable of managing their financial affairs. But Trump undid this. The GOP House voted in February 2017 to overturn the Obama Administration rule, one of several regulations instituted by the former president that were undone last year using a law known as the Congressional Review Act. The CRA allows Congress to overrule recently enacted regulations passed by the executive branch.
On Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, Special Counsel Robert Mueller of FBI and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced 37 pages to indict 13 Russians and 3 Russian Companies conducted the meddling over the U.S 2016 presidential election to support Donald Trump.
Trump mocked FBI missed Florida School shooter warnings because of focusing on possible collusion between Russia and Trump 2018 Campaign.
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Donald Trump Blames FBI's Attention on Russia Collusion for Missed Florida School Shooting Tip
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President Donald Trump pauses as he arrives to speak about the mass shooting at a South Florida High School from the White House, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Donald Trump lashed out at the FBI via Twitter on Saturday night, asserting that the organization was preoccupied investigating his presidential campaign and neglected to follow up on information about the shooter who killed 17 when he opened fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday.
“Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable,” he wrote. “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!”
Trump’s remarks came after the FBI revealed it had received a tip in January that 19-year-old alleged gunman Nikolas Cruz was a potential threat. According to a press release, a caller told the bureau about “Cruz’s gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting.”
The agency said Friday that agents failed to investigate.
The tweets also followed the Friday indictment in which the U.S. special counsel led by Robert Mueller accused 13 Russians of plotting to meddle in the 2016 presidential election through a social media campaign.
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Trump also tweeted Saturday, “Just like they don’t want to solve the DACA problem, why didn’t the Democrats pass gun control legislation when they had both the House & Senate during the Obama Administration. Because they didn’t want to, and now they just talk!”
Critics came out for Trump, saying he was more concerned with his reputation than the tragedy that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
I hope the FBI finds and prosecutes the complete A-hole who hacked the President's account and tweeted this. twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
Trump is using the deaths of 17 people gunned down at a school to attack the FBI and try to create a political smokescreen to save his own skin in the Russia investigation. This is unconscionable. One of his most despicable tweets. twitter.com/realdonaldtrum…
Florida’s Republican Gov. Rick Scott, a Trump ally, previously called for FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign.
“The FBI’s failure to take action against this killer is unacceptable,” he said in a statement on Friday. “The FBI has admitted that they were contacted last month by a person who called to inform them of Cruz’s ‘desire to kill people,’ and ‘the potential of him conducting a school shooting.”
He continued, “Seventeen innocent people are dead and acknowledging a mistake isn’t going to cut it. An apology will never bring these 17 Floridians back to life or comfort the families who are in pain. The families will spend a lifetime wondering how this could happen, and an apology will never give them the answers they desperately need.”
“We constantly promote ‘see something, say something,’ and a courageous person did just that to the FBI. And the FBI failed to act. ‘See something, say something’ is an incredibly important tool and people must have confidence in the follow through from law enforcement. The FBI Director needs to resign.”
Trump visited victims of the shooting with First Lady Melania Trump on Friday.
“Our administration is working closely with local authorities to investigate the shooting and learn everything we can,” read a caption from his Instagram. “We are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools, and tackle the difficult issue of mental health.”
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