Ex-CIA analyst says fallout over raid on Trump's Mar-a-Lago resembles the lead-up to the Capitol attack and predicts another 'catastrophic event'

• A former intel official suggested another "catastrophic event" like the Capitol riot might happen.

• Phil Mudd said threats against law enforcement resembled the lead-up to the Capitol attack.

• Threats have escalated as Republicans lash out against the FBI's investigation into Donald Trump.

A former intelligence official who served in both the FBI and the CIA said the fallout from the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid resembled the events preceding the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — and predicted there could be another "catastrophic event."

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Phil Mudd, now a CNN counterterrorism analyst, worked for the CIA as an analyst specializing in South Asia and the Middle East. He later served as the first deputy director of the FBI's National Security Branch.

Mudd appeared on CNN on Sunday to discuss the aftermath of the FBI's search of former President Donald Trump's residence. Federal officials said violent threats to law enforcement spiked after the raid. Some Republican lawmakers, including Trump, have railed against the FBI and baselessly suggested the agency might target regular citizens next.

"When I followed extremists overseas, I never anticipated we would see this in America. We are," Mudd said in an interview with CNN's Jim Acosta, adding that today's domestic extremists were similar to the ones he monitored.