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Former President Bill Clinton published a statement to X on Saturday — July 4, the nation's 250th birthday — warning that the United States is enduring "another period of deep division" and "serious threats" to its own institutions and democracy.
Clinton directed sharp criticism at the federal government without naming President Donald Trump, whose 2016 election victory ended the presidential campaign of Clinton's wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Clinton's Charges Against Federal Conduct Clinton's statement identified three specific grievances. First, he accused unnamed officials of deploying "masked agents" to seize people from homes, workplaces, and streets.
Second, he described what he called an "unconstitutional war on a whim" — launched, he said, with no clear objectives, no exit strategy, and no regard for consequences affecting millions of people worldwide.
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