In December 2023, there was widespread swatting of prominent figures in American politics, as well as bomb scares and other violent threats made against government buildings.
"[4] Swatting is a criminal harassment tactic that involves false reporting in order to generate a police response to another person's address.
[18] On December 30, the following were swatted: California Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis,[19] and political donor George Soros at his Southampton, New York home.
[23] On January 3, 2024, dozens of state capitols received bomb threats, leading to evacuations of the Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, and Montana government buildings.
[26] On January 11, 2024, Arthur Engoron, the state judge overseeing the New York civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization, was swatted.