{"id":130971,"date":"2024-11-28T08:43:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T01:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130971"},"modified":"2024-11-28T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T01:43:09","slug":"trump-cabinet-picks-face-bomb-threats-and-swatting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130971","title":{"rendered":"Trump Cabinet Picks Face Bomb Threats and \u2018Swatting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several of the people President-elect Donald J. Trump has picked to be cabinet nominees or for White House positions received threats on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, a transition spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, said several cabinet nominees and others were targeted with \u201cviolent, un-American threats to their lives and those who live with them.\u201d Law enforcement and other authorities \u201cacted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The F.B.I. said in a statement it was aware of the bomb threats and so-called swatting calls, which entail contacting law enforcement to falsely claim a dangerous person is at a particular address. Such calls are designed to create a frantic armed police response to frighten, harass and endanger someone at their home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Three people familiar with the threats, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said one of those targeted was Susie Wiles, Mr. Trump\u2019s campaign manager whom he has tapped to serve as the White House chief of staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representative Elise Stefanik of New York, Trump\u2019s pick to be ambassador to the United Nations, was notified by the police that a bomb threat had been made against her home in Saratoga County, according to a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1861815886123778348\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> from her office. She and her family were not there at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/11\/climate\/trump-chooses-lee-zeldin-to-run-epa.html\" title=\"\">Lee Zeldin<\/a>, a former congressman from Long Island who is Trump\u2019s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, said the police had contacted him about a pipe bomb threat made to his home. The Zeldin family was not there at the time, he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/24\/us\/politics\/brooke-rollins-trump-agriculture.html\" title=\"\">Brooke Rollins<\/a>, whom Mr. Trump said he would nominate to be agriculture secretary, wrote on social media that she had also been targeted and thanked the police in Fort Worth, Texas, for their response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Howard Lutnick, Mr. Trump\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/19\/us\/politics\/howard-lutnick-trump-commerce-secretary.html\" title=\"\">pick for commerce secretary<\/a>, also received threats at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Wednesday, according to two people with knowledge of the incident. The New York Police Department said it had responded to \u201cterroristic threats\u201d there and had made no arrests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Bomb threats and swatting calls are a growing problem for American law enforcement, as it has become easier to anonymously contact the authorities or leave threatening messages. Prominent public officials, schools and celebrities are often victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Saloni Sharma, a White House spokeswoman, said President Biden had been briefed on the threats and was in touch with the Trump transition team. Mr. Biden and his administration, she said, \u201cunequivocally condemn threats of political violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Tim Balk<!-- --> contributed reporting. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/27\/us\/politics\/trump-administration-picks-bomb-threats.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several of the people President-elect Donald J. 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