Several Cabinet nominees of President-elect Donald Trump have been targeted with violent threats, including bomb scares and swatting incidents, prompting swift responses from law enforcement, Trump’s transition team said Wednesday.
Sen. Rick Scott became the third Republican member of Congress to be targeted in “swatting” incidents over the holiday recess, following earlier false reports to law enforcement involving Reps. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.
The FBI is investigating what appears to be a coordinated swatting spree targeting nearly 200 Jewish institutions over the weekend, according to a confidential memo from the bureau’s top spokesperson.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not everyone responds well to losing. The FBI is searching for one sore loser who apparently was so upset when he lost in an online video game that he called authorities, pretending to be the teen who beat him in Call of Duty. The prank caller told police Tuesday that he was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is warning local law enforcement about a hoax called “swatting.” Using technology to hack a phone, prank callers are pretending to be shooters or victims of a shooting to draw SWAT teams to a house of unsuspecting people. “The FBI looks at these crimes as a public safety issue,” said…
