Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., announced on Saturday that local police are collaborating with the U.S. Capitol Police to look into the bomb threat that was directed against her and her family.
I was informed this morning that my family and I were the target of a bomb threat. In a statement, Trahan expressed his gratitude to the outstanding officers of the Westford Police Department, who acted quickly to ensure our safety and are currently collaborating with the Massachusetts State Police and the US Capitol Police on this matter.
“Now is a good time to state the obvious: intimidation and threats of violence have no place in our nation,” Trahan continued.
According to Capt. Michael Breault of the Westford Police police, the police responded to Trahan’s residence and alerted the Massachusetts State Police and the Capitol Police after receiving an email on Saturday morning alerting them to the threat.
According to Breault, the state police bomb team vacated the house for safety after failing to detect a device. He went on to say that there doesn’t seem to be a threat to public safety right now.
According to a spokesman for the Massachusetts State Police, the threat “appears to be one of several unfounded threats against political figures across the country” after an initial inquiry.
Although it works closely with local and federal law enforcement agencies in such cases, the Capitol Police public information office said in a statement that it was unable to release additional information about the threat against Trahan “to protect ongoing investigations and to minimize the risk of copy-cats.”
The warning followed a week of bomb threats and swatting activities against a number of members of Congress and some of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks.
As they got ready to spend Thanksgiving last week, at least seven Democratic congressmen from New England received bomb threats directed at their residences; however, no devices were eventually discovered. Rep. Seth Moulton, another Democrat from Massachusetts, was one of them.
In January, the Capitol Police, which is tasked with protecting members of Congress, said that it had looked into over 8,000 complaints involving threats against politicians, up from 7,500 cases the previous year. The final 2024 figures are still pending.
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