US federal police are concerned about the safety of Donald Trump’s team. The FBI indicated on Wednesday that several members of the future administration have been victims of threats, including numerous bomb threats.
The president-elect’s spokesperson Karoline Leavitt denounced “anti-American” attacks. “We take all potential threats seriously,” the FBI said.
Pressure through police raids
Former parliamentarian Lee Zeldin, chosen by Donald Trump to head the Environmental Protection Agency, said he was targeted Wednesday with his family by “a bomb threat” accompanied by a “message to pro-Palestinian theme. “Neither my family nor I were at home at the time and we are safe,” he added on X. Elise Stefanik, appointed by Donald Trump to be American ambassador to the UN, for its part, claimed to have also been “warned of a bomb threat at (its) home”.
The FBI confirmed that it was “aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting people expected to join the next administration.” “Swatting” is a practice which consists of provoking police raids on victims under the pretext that a crime is taking place there.
Biden wants a “peaceful and orderly” transition
Informed of the situation, outgoing President Joe Biden condemned “unequivocally the threats of political violence”, according to a White House press release. The Democrat’s administration is in contact with federal authorities and the Republican billionaire’s team on the subject, she said. Joe Biden also pledged to do everything to enable a “peaceful and orderly” transition with the president-elect.
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The context is not one of serenity. The presidential campaign was indeed one of the most tense in the modern history of the United States, with Donald Trump having notably been the victim of two assassination attempts.
Source: www.20minutes.fr
