Before the Cayuga County, New York sheriff’s deputies finally left his house, Republican Rep. Brandon Williams of New York handed them small bags filled with holiday shortbread cookies, chocolate-dipped peanut butter balls and double-chocolate cookies covered in powdered sugar after the unexpected, brief Christmas Day drama had ended.
The callers attempt to prompt police to dispatch SWAT teams to the homes of public figures, celebrities or enemies, in an effort to harass the victims.
Hours before the response to Williams’s home, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced she was also the victim of Christmas Day swatting.
In September, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) was forced to evacuate because of a hoax call made to a California synagogue near her home, according to multiple reports and a staffer familiar with the episode.
A U.S. Capitol Police spokesman told CBS News that they are"helping but laying low so that we don’t increase the likelihood of a copycat."
Williams said he suspects public officials are being increasingly targeted, amid a time of heightened police tensions and as agitators seek to disrupt the lives of elected leaders.
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Before the Cayuga County, New York sheriff’s deputies finally left his house, Republican Rep. Brandon Williams of New York handed them small bags filled with holiday shortbread cookies, chocolate-dipped peanut butter balls and double-chocolate cookies covered in powdered sugar after the unexpected, brief Christmas Day drama had ended.
The callers attempt to prompt police to dispatch SWAT teams to the homes of public figures, celebrities or enemies, in an effort to harass the victims.
Hours before the response to Williams’s home, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced she was also the victim of Christmas Day swatting.
In September, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) was forced to evacuate because of a hoax call made to a California synagogue near her home, according to multiple reports and a staffer familiar with the episode.
A U.S. Capitol Police spokesman told CBS News that they are"helping but laying low so that we don’t increase the likelihood of a copycat."
Williams said he suspects public officials are being increasingly targeted, amid a time of heightened police tensions and as agitators seek to disrupt the lives of elected leaders.
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