WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet and administration picks were targeted in recent hours with actions including bomb threats and “swatting,” a spokesperson for the U.S.-president elect said on Wednesday.
The threats were made Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, and law enforcement acted quickly to ensure the safety of those targeted, spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
Leavitt did not say who exactly was targeted, and did not elaborate on the nature of the apparent threats.
Spokespeople for the FBI and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Leavitt said the attacks “ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting'” – when a false crime is reported to induce a heavy, armed police response at someone’s home.
“With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us,” Leavitt said.
Trump has been announcing picks for his cabinet and other high-ranking administration positions following his Nov. 5 election victory.
Trump has not commented on the apparent threats.
They come months after Trump was wounded on an ear in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July. In a separate incident, a man was charged with attempted assassination in September after allegedly positioning himself with a rifle outside one of Trump’s Florida golf courses.
(Reporting by Katharine Jackson, Ismail Shakil, Andrew Gousward and Timothy Reid; editing by Rami Ayyub)
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