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Several of President-elect Donald Trump‘s planned Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were subjected to bomb threats and “swatting” attacks Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, a spokesperson for the Trump transition team said. The nominees and appointees “were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them. These attacks ranged from […]
FBI confirms bombs threats and swatting incidents The FBI has confirmed bomb threats and swatting incidents against Trump cabinet picks. In a statement, the agency said it is “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees” and working with other law enforcement agencies to respond. “We take all potential […]
In perhaps the largest swatting case to ever be prosecuted, an 18-year-old from Lancaster, California, has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a nationwide spree of hundreds of shooting and bomb threat hoaxes that sent police scrambling to high schools, courthouses, and the homes of law enforcement officials. Alan Winston Filion now faces a […]