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Two men in Europe are accused of making threats to dozens of people, including a former president, by calling in bogus reports of police emergencies at their homes.
The threat occurred shortly before Judge Arthur Engoron was scheduled to hear closing arguments in claims that the former president illegally inflated his properties' value.
The ex-president has called U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan who is no stranger to threats in todays political climate a Trump hater.
The GOP congresswoman wrote that it was "like the 8th time" she has been "swatted."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The hope is to prevent and combat harassment transgender individuals consistently face online, from physical threats to "swatting" and stalking.
Officers responded to Greenes house at 1 a.m. on Wednesday, after receiving a call about a subject being shot multiple times.
Officials determined that Bannon's row house was targeted in a fake call to police about a man with a gun, meant to trigger a shocking law enforcement response.
Neo-Nazi John Denton was arrested along with four others in a nationwide bust Wednesday.
'Swatting' refers to a form of online harassment in which the perpetrator falsely reports a crime in order to send armed police to someones house.
Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami Herald columnist Leonard G. Pitts Jr. was awoken by police after an apparent swatting incident.