New York City (CNN) — On Christmas Day in 2023, a man called the suicide prevention hotline claiming he shot his girlfriend and threatened to kill himself. Police barreled toward the address, but turned around once before they arrived. It was a hoax; a swatting call at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s residence . Five days later, Florida GOP senator Rick Scott’s home in Florida was swatted.

Within a month of Donald Trump clinching his second presidential election win, several of his Cabinet picks and administration members were targeted in violent threats , including swatting incidents and bomb threats, his transition team said.

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