Numerous bomb threats made against Trump cabinet nominees, FBI says

Several of Donald Trump’s furniture nominees and appointees for his incoming medication person been targeted by weaponry threats, the FBI says.

It said it was alert of "numerous weaponry threats" arsenic good arsenic "swatting incidents", successful which prank calls are made to pull a constabulary effect to the target's home.

New York Republican Elise Stefanik, who Trump has named to beryllium the US ambassador to the United Nations, said her household location was targeted by a weaponry threat.

Police are investigating the incidents, which happened connected Tuesday nighttime and Wednesday morning.

Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump's modulation team, said respective radical had been targeted and "law enforcement acted rapidly to ensure" their safety.

Neither Leavitt oregon the FBI identified immoderate of the targets by name.

But Stefanik’s bureau said the congresswoman was informed of the weaponry menace portion she was driving with her hubby and three-year-old lad from Washington to New York for Thanksgiving.

Separately, New York constabulary told the BBC's US spouse CBS that the location of Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, was besides threatened.

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Lee Zeldin, who Trump has nominated to go head of the Environmental Protection Agency, besides confirmed helium was targeted, saying that a tube weaponry sent to his location with a “pro-Palestinian themed message”.

"My household and I were not location astatine the clip and are safe," helium said. "We are thankful for the swift actions taken by section officers."

Florida Republican Matt Gaetz, who precocious dropped retired of the moving to go US lawyer general, was besides targeted.

The sheriff's bureau successful Florida's Okaloosa County confirmed that the weaponry menace targeted an code successful the municipality of Niceville successful which Gaetz utilized to live.

One of Gaetz's household members presently lives there.

The home's mailbox was cleared and nary devices were located. A hunt of the country did not uncover anything.

Fox News has besides reported that John Ratcliffe, Trump's nominee to beryllium manager of the CIA, and defence caput nominee Pete Hegseth were besides targeted by threats.