EXCLUSIVE: Nearly a twelve of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees and different appointees tapped for the incoming medication were targeted Tuesday nighttime with "violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who unrecorded with them," prompting a "swift" instrumentality enforcement response, Fox News Digital has learned.
The "attacks ranged from weaponry threats to ‘swatting,’" according to Trump-Vance modulation spokeswoman and incoming White House property caput Karoline Leavitt.
"Last nighttime and this morning, respective of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and medication appointees were targeted successful violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who unrecorded with them," she told Fox News Digital connected Wednesday. "In response, instrumentality enforcement acted rapidly to guarantee the information of those who were targeted. President Trump and the full Transition squad are grateful for their swift action."
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GLENDALE, ARIZONA - AUGUST 23: Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump takes the signifier during a run rally astatine Desert Diamond Arena connected August 23, 2024 successful Glendale, Arizona. The rally, held successful concern with Turning Point PAC and Turning Point Action, comes travel 2 weeks aft Democratic statesmanlike nominee U.S. Vice President Harris held a rally astatine the aforesaid location. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Local instrumentality enforcement officials responded to the threats and visited the homes of respective nominees and appointees, Fox News Digital has learned.
Leavitt said Trump and the modulation squad "are focused connected doing the enactment of uniting our federation by ensuring a harmless and prosperous future."
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Donald Trump waves to the assemblage connected the 4th time of the Republican National Convention astatine the Fiserv Forum connected July 18, 2024 successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
"With President Trump arsenic our example, unsafe acts of intimidation and unit volition not deter us," she said.
The threats travel specified months aft Trump survived 2 assassination attempts.
Just days earlier accepting the Republican nomination, Trump was changeable astatine a rally connected July 13 successful Butler, Pennsylvania. During the event, Trump was displaying a illustration highlighting skyrocketing amerciable migration nether the Biden-Harris administration. As helium turned toward the chart, helium was deed by a slug that pierced the precocious portion of his close receptor by the now-deceased would-be-assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks. Trump credits the illustration for redeeming his life.
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Weeks later, successful September, different would-be-assassin hid successful the bushes astatine Trump International Golf Course successful West Palm Beach, Florida. The alleged gunman, Ryan Wesley Routh, had an AK-47-style firearm pointing done the obstruction toward Trump arsenic the GOP nominee was golfing. Trump was rushed disconnected the play people by U.S. Secret Service agents unharmed.
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