Exclusive: Nearly a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees and other appointees to the incoming administration were targeted Tuesday night in “violent and un-American threats against their lives and cohabitants,” according to Fox Broadcasting. , prompting an “immediate” response from law enforcement. News Digital has learned.
“The attacks range from bomb threats to 'swatting' attacks,” said Caroline Leavitt, Trump Vance's transition press secretary and incoming White House press secretary.
“Last night and this morning, several of President Trump's Cabinet nominees and government appointees were the targets of violent and un-American threats against the lives of those living with them,” she said Wednesday on Fox News. told Digital. “In response, law enforcement acted quickly to ensure the safety of those targeted. President Trump and the entire transition team are grateful for their swift action.”
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Local law enforcement officials responded to the threats by visiting the homes of several candidates and appointees, Fox News Digital has learned.
Mr. Levitt said Mr. Trump and his transition team are “focused on the work of uniting our country by ensuring a secure and prosperous future.”
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“Dangerous threats and acts of violence, using President Trump as an example, will not deter us,” she said.
The threat came just months after President Trump survived two assassination attempts.
Trump was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, just days before accepting the Republican nomination. During the event, President Trump displayed a graph highlighting the surge in illegal immigration under the Biden-Harris administration. As he turned to the chart, he was shot through the top of his right ear by the now deceased would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks. President Trump believes this graph saved his life.
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A few weeks later, in September, another would-be assassin hid in the bushes at the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The alleged gunman, Ryan Wesley Routh, held an AK-47-style rifle and pointed it at Mr. Trump through a fence while the Republican candidate was playing golf. President Trump was chased off the golf course by members of the U.S. Secret Service and was unharmed.
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