Guardians of the Free Republics Letter to Governors

Guardians of the Free Republics

The letters from the group Guardians of the Free Republics may encourage violence. The content of the letters sent to 30 U.S. governors, include a demand that the governors leave office within 3 days or they will be removed. The group’s website says it has a plan to “restore America” by peacefully dismantling parts of the government.

As of Wednesday, more than 30 governors had received letters saying if they don’t leave office within three days they will be removed, according to an internal intelligence note by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The note was obtained by The Associated Press.

For now, the letters stand as merely a citizens’ uprising movement trying to put pressure on the administration, reports CBS News correspondent Bob Orr.

Investigators do not see threats of violence in the group’s message, but fear the broad call for removing top state officials could lead others to act out violently.

Governors whose offices reported receiving the letters included Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Chet Culver of Iowa and Jim Gibbons of Nevada.

[source: CBS]

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