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swat teams into descending on the targets home. as we told you last night, two key figures in the trump trials have been victims of those very calls recently. to be clear, these are not harmless pranks. in 2017, a feud between online gamers led to one of that making a swatting call targeting a kansas address. it ended in a police shooting and killing of a man at a home that was not even involved. the man who made the swatting call got 20 years in prison. back with me tonight to discuss, nbc news tech correspondent, my dear friend jacob award. jake, you have spent a lot of time looking at the swatting. i want to understand, what is it like for the victims and the next day after this happens? >> well, it is a deeply, deeply traumatizing, steph. i spent time with one couple in milwaukee who have been swatted more than 40 times, armed police response came to their house more than 40 times,