Washington, Feb 18 (TNS): President Donald Trump has rebuked the FBI for missing signals before Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida. Wednesday’s attack in Parkland was the deadliest US school shooting since 2012.
The agency was “spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign Trump tweeted. There is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud. The FBI has admitted it failed to act on a tip-off about suspected shooter Nikolas Cruz, who has confessed to the shooting at a high school in Parkland in which 17 people died. It was the deadliest US school shooting since 2012 and has re-ignited long-running debates about tougher firearm restrictions. Earlier, students who survived the shooting rallied in Florida, demanding tighter legislation on gun control and criticizing the president for receiving financial support from the National Rifle Association (NRA) during his presidential campaign.
In his tweet, he said that very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. He appeared to link the agency’s failures in the specific case to the time it has spent investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump team during the 2016 presidential campaign. He has repeatedly denied any links with Moscow. Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. 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. Earlier this week, 13 Russians were charged with interfering in the US election, in a major development in an FBI investigation now led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Three Russian companies were also named in the indictment. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday dismissed the charges as “blather”, saying he would not comment further until he saw “facts”. It said it did not properly follow up on a tip-off about Cruz last month when a person close to the suspect contacted the agency to provide “information about Cruz’s gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behaviour, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting. Child services said he had planned to buy a gun, but authorities determined he was already receiving adequate support, the reports say. Arguably the most memorable moment came when high school student Emma Gonzalez took to the podium and attacked the US president and other politicians for accepting political donations from the NRA, a powerful gun rights lobby group.
