Some newly appointed members of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration and several of his cabinet nominees were targeted in a series of threats Tuesday and Wednesday, his transition team said Wednesday.
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Trump’s transition team described the threats as “violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them,” including bomb threats and “swatting” attacks, which are false reports that trigger a law enforcement response.
A bomb squad responded to a pipe bomb threat Wednesday at the Florida home of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Trump’s initial pick for attorney general who withdrew his name from the running last week, according to Punchbowl News, which reported a search of Gaetz’s mail box by a bomb-sniffing dog was inconclusive, triggering the bomb squad response.
This is a developing story and will be updated.