- Threats Tuesday night and Wednesday morning: Spokesman
- Elise Stefanik says her family’s home was hit by a bomb threat.
- An FBI spokesman says the bureau is aware of multiple bomb threats.
Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet and administration picks have been targeted in recent hours, including bomb threats and “swatting,” a spokesman for the US president-elect said on Wednesday.
The threats were made Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, and law enforcement acted quickly to ensure the victims’ safety, spokeswoman Carolyn Levitt said in a statement.
Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick to serve as the U.S. representative from New York and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in a statement Wednesday that her family home had been the target of a bomb threat.
Stefanik said she, her husband and their three-year-old son were traveling from Washington, D.C., to Saratoga County, New York state, when they were notified of the threat.
“New York State, county law enforcement, and the U.S. Capitol Police responded immediately with the highest level of professionalism,” Stefanek said.
Levitt did not say who else was targeted, and did not specify the nature of the apparent threats.
An FBI spokesman said the bureau is aware of a number of bombings and shootings targeting appointees and appointees of the incoming administration, and is working closely with its law enforcement partners.
“We take all potential threats seriously, and as always, encourage members of the public to immediately report anything they consider suspicious to law enforcement,” the spokesperson said. are.”
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Levitt said the attacks ranged from “bomb threats to ‘swatting'” — when a false crime is reported to someone’s home to a heavy, armed police response.
“With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not stop us,” Levitt said.
Trump has been announcing picks for his cabinet and other top administration positions since winning the Nov. 5 election.
He did not comment on the apparent threats.
They come months after Trump was injured in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July. In a separate incident, a man was charged with attempted murder in September after allegedly standing with a rifle outside a Trump golf course in Florida.