Appointees and nominees of Trump’s cabinet were threatened with bombing
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, according to CN, “Caroline Leavitt”, the spokesperson of Donald Trump’s transition team, the president-elect of the United States of America, released a statement and announced that a number of the president’s appointees and nominees of Trump’s cabinet and their families and relatives “The goal violence and non-American threats.
The statement says that “those threats range from bomb threats to fake phone calls for the police to come to the home of the threatened person.” In response, the law enforcement forces and other authorities quickly intervened to ensure the safety of those who were targeted.”
The American Federal Police (FBI) also announced by publishing a statement that it is aware of these threats and stated that it has started an investigation, adding, “We have all these threats.” We take the possibility seriously”.
The spokesman of the White House said in an interview with CNN, “President Joe Biden is aware of these threats and strongly condemns these threats and political violence.”
According to reports, at least 9 of the people that Trump nominated for the ministries of agriculture, defense, housing, labor, and the US ambassador to the United Nations were the targets of these threats.
Lee Zeldin, Donald Trump’s candidate for the position of the Environmental Protection Agency, published a message on the “Ixen” social network while confirming these threats and wrote: When I and My family was not at home, the message of a pipe bomb threat against me and my family was sent to our house today.”
Other targeted people also confirmed by releasing messages that similar threats were sent to them.