A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting reports at the homes of public officials. Police said they responded late Sunday to reports of a shooting at a Washington, D.C., home linked in public records to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, but found that no shooting had happened. Chutkan has been targeted by multiple threats since she was assigned the case. There’s also been a spike in swatting attempts targeting public officials and hoax bomb threats at state capitols and courthouses, something Attorney General Merrick Garland has called unacceptable.
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