Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) confirmed she is secure after experiences swirled of an electronic mail despatched to regulation enforcement containing a bomb risk focusing on the lawmaker.
“The Rome Police Department’s Assistant Chief of Police received an email containing a bomb threat directed towards me. I’m so grateful to every member of the Rome Police Department for your swift and professional response in ensuring my safety,” Greene wrote Monday in a put up on social platform X.
The police division informed The Hill in an electronic mail that its workplace acquired a risk through electronic mail and directed the Floyd County Bomb Squad to Greene’s Georgia tackle. Officers then dominated out potential hazard earlier than turning the investigation over to the FBI.
The e-mail IP was traced to Russia, in accordance with regulation enforcement.
Authorities additionally stated that earlier than arriving on the Georgia Republican’s residence, an officer who can be a part of the bomb squad was concerned in a visitors accident, which resulted within the fatality of the opposite driver, Tammie Pickelsimer, 66. The Georgia State Patrol is dealing with the accident, the division stated, and the officer was not critically injured.
Greene’s put up got here as a number of of President-elect Trump’s picks for senior roles and Cupboard positions inside his incoming administration have acquired a collection of threats.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), whom Trump tapped to function ambassador to the United Nations, and former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the president-elect’s first selection for lawyer basic till he withdrew from consideration, amongst others, had been the topic of threats late final month.
Karoline Leavitt, a spokesperson for Trump’s transition crew and his incoming press secretary, has stated a number of nominees had been additionally victims of “swatting,” or false emergency calls focusing on an individual’s residence.
“In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted,” Leavitt stated in a assertion. “President Trump and the entire Transition team are grateful for their swift action.”
“President Trump and the Transition are focused on doing the work of uniting our nation by ensuring a safe and prosperous future,” she added. “With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us.”
The FBI had additionally confirmed it knew of “quite a few” threats and is working with native regulation enforcement to probe the incidents.
Democrats have additionally been the topic of bomb threats as a number of Connecticut lawmakers — together with Reps. Joe Courtney, Jim Himes, John Larson, Jahana Hayes and Sen. Chris Murphy —stated they had been focused on Thanksgiving Day.
Over the weekend, Rep. Lori Tahan (D-Mass.) shared that she and her household acquired threats as properly.
