Bomb threats made against Trump cabinet nominees

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-28 08:20:42 | Updated at 2024-11-28 10:46:22 2 hours ago

Bomb threats made against Trump cabinet nominees
BBC ^ | Nov 28 | Bernd Debusmann Jr & Max Matza

Posted on 11/28/2024 12:17:00 AM PST by RandFan

Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees and picks for his White House team have been targeted by bomb threats.

The FBI said it was aware of "numerous bomb threats" as well as "swatting incidents", in which hoax calls are made to attract a police response to the target's home.

Threats were made against at least nine people chosen by Trump to lead the Departments of Defence, Housing, Agriculture and Labor, as well as his pick for US ambassador to the United Nations, among others.

Police are investigating the incidents, which happened on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump's transition team, said the Trump appointees “were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them”.

She said "law enforcement acted quickly to ensure" the nominees' safety.

"With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us,” she said.

Neither Leavitt nor the FBI identified any of the targets by name.

New York Republican Elise Stefanik, who Trump has named to be the US ambassador to the United Nations, was the first to say her family home had been targeted by a bomb threat.

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1 posted on 11/28/2024 12:17:00 AM PST by RandFan

To: RandFan

I am sure the secret service will get right on it.

2 posted on 11/28/2024 12:18:55 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)

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