Cabinet nominees targeted with threats, Trump spokesperson says

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WASHINGTON —

Several of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees and appointees were targeted with "violent threats," including weaponry threats and "swatting," a spokesperson for the U.S. president-elect said Wednesday.

The threats were made Tuesday nighttime and Wednesday morning, and instrumentality enforcement and authorities acted rapidly to guarantee the information of those targeted, spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said successful a statement.

Leavitt did not accidental who was targeted, and she did not elaborate connected the quality of the evident threats. Spokespeople for the FBI and the Justice Department did not instantly respond to requests for comment.

Leavitt said the attacks "ranged from weaponry threats to 'swatting'" — erstwhile a mendacious transgression is reported to induce a heavy, equipped constabulary effect astatine someone's home.

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