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From Forward Kentucky: Rand Paul’s talk is not only reckless – it’s dangerous

Berry Craig
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By BERRY CRAIG

Historian Brian Clardy isn’t surprised that the unfounded charges and flat lies Donald Trump and his allies are leveling against the Justice Department and the FBI over federal officers legally removing classified documents from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence resulted in a Trump supporter identified as Ricky Shiffer trying to storm the Cincinnati FBI office.

“We could see more such attacks,” said Clardy, a Murray State University history professor.

Clad in body armor and carrying a potentially-lethal nail gun — which he fired — and an AR-15-style rifle, Shiffer fled and was killed following a standoff with police.

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