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serious serious consequences. officers responding quickly to i scene, putting the person who the subject of the swatting at risk. >> reporter: in a toxic political environment, both republican and democratic political figures seem to be increasingly the targets. many of them viewed by supporters as political pe opponents. this sunday a shooting at home of the forward judge in donald trump's election interference case. the police report said once units arrived they realized judge was not injured and there was no one in her home. last month, jack smith, the special counsel overseeing two federal cases against donald trump was swatted, a law enforcement source tells season. and so was the maine secretary of state after she ruled trumpin eligible to appear on the ballot and a bomb threat at the home at the judge presiding over trump's civil trial.

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Alex Wagner Tonight

letitia james, alvin bragg, and fani willis, over a narration about the final battle against the marxists. all of those people have received threats, and yet donald trump continues to rile his supporters up against them. special counsel, jack smith, was swatted on christmas day. that means someone called 9-1-1, and on this call, they said that jack smith had shot his wife. it was, of course, not true. this sunday, judge tanya chutkan was swatted. she was the judge overseeing the federal election interference case. yesterday, news broke that someone had called in a bomb threat to the home of judge arthur engoron, the judge overseeing trump's new york civil fraud case. over and over and over again, repeated rhetoric, repeated threats, and the danger just keeps increasing. that is the pot we have all been slowly boiling in. after donald trump's repeated exhortation's about violence,

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Alex Wagner Tonight

may have to resort to violence in order to save our country. am i paranoid and thinking i can imagine those numbers going up over the course of this year? >> no, i think that trump is going to make sure that they go up. this is sort of with trump being somewhat in the background of our national conversation and compared to where he had been for ungodly years. we've become so acculturated to it that it kind of takes new levels of threat and violence to shock people. >> the slowly boiling pot. >> exactly. nobody really bad tonight when you see another story about someone getting swatted, someone calling the police on someone, in a way that eventually somebody, i think, is going to get really hurt. but this is happening, the death threats to the judges and his criminal cases, to jack smith -- >> election workers. >> election workers. right, individual election workers, and we're coming up again on a very close election, that a lot of people believe -- he has led a lot of people to

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Alex Wagner Tonight

special counsel, jack smith, was swatted on christmas day. that means someone called 9-1-1, and on this call, they said that jack smith had shot his wife. it was, of course, not true. this sunday, judge tanya chutkan was swatted. she was the judge overseeing the federal election interference case. yesterday, news broke that someone had called in a bomb threat to the home of judge arthur engoron, the judge overseeing trump's new york civil fraud case. over and over and over again, repeated rhetoric, repeated threats, and the danger just keeps increasing. that is the pot we have all been slowly boiling in. after donald trump's repeated exhortation's about violence, the threat of violence has followed. and now, we just sort of expect, i guess, that holding people in accountable for their actions that doing that is fundamentally risky. especially when one of those people is donald trump which is why i think this next story

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Alex Wagner Tonight

being somewhat in the background of our national conversation and compared to where he had been for ungodly years. we've become so acculturated to it that it kind of takes new levels of threat and violence to shock people. >> the slowly boiling pot. >> exactly. nobody really bad tonight when you see another story about someone getting swatted, someone calling the police on someone, in a way that eventually somebody, i think, is going to get really hurt. but this is happening, the death threats to the judges and his criminal cases, to jack smith -- >> election workers. >> election workers. right, individual election workers, and we're coming up again on a very close election, that a lot of people believe -- he has led a lot of people to believe was stolen last time. so what lengths are they going to go to to make sure that they get, quote, unquote, justice. especially if they believe that on the other end of it

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Alex Wagner Tonight

i'm sorry, to protect that courthouse when mr. trump decided to shut up for agreement before the circuit. these are huge expenditures. and every time somebody gets attack, swatted, all that law enforcement have to respond. think about that resources drained and diverting their attention from other important things they should be responded to. so i actually to hold that our supreme court justices who are going to at least be rolling on the 14th amendment, section three disqualification question. they may be ultimately on the immunity question. i hope they're keeping in mind the damage that mr. trump -- and the role on the case is based on the fact and the law and deal hold up predominantly on interpreting the law. but i hope they're paying attention to the efforts he is undertaking to completely, completely undermine our rule of law, our system of how we use the courts and this country,

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Alex Wagner Tonight

million in just part of his term as special counsel, for him and his staff. we know marshals protecting judge chutkan in d. c. are around the clock protecting her. even yesterday, tuesday, i'm sorry, to protect that courthouse when mr. trump decided to shut up for agreement before the circuit. these are huge expenditures. and every time somebody gets attacked, swatted, all that law enforcement have to respond. think about that resources drained and diverting their attention from other important things they should be responding to. so i actually to hold that our supreme court justices who are going to at least be ruling on the 14th amendment, section three disqualification question. they may be ruling ultimately on the immunity question. i hope they're keeping in mind the damage that mr. trump --

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Alex Wagner Tonight

when judge engoron has a bomb squad sent to his house, how are you looking at the terrain for those who seek to hold mr. trump accountable? >> i mean, this is what they're going to be facing and every case they already are facing. and as any case goes to trial, and i think one of the most likely to go is the january 6th case in d.c., also the manhattan d.a. bragg case. i mean this is what they know they're facing. we've heard the protection for jack smith is something like $4.4 million and just part of his term as special counsel for him and his staff. we know marshals protecting judge chutkan in d.c. are around the clock protecting her. the effort to go through yesterday or tuesday, i'm sorry, to protect that courthouse when mr. trump decided to show up for arguments before the circuit, these are huge expenditures. and then every time someone gets attacked, swatted, all the law enforcement that have to respond, think about the

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CNN This Morning

judge was not injured, and there was no one in her home. last month, jack smith, the justice department special counsel overseeing two cases over donald trump was swatted, a law enforcement tells cnn, so was maine secretary of state, after she ruled trump ineligible to appear on the state's ballot, and hours before thursday's closing arguments, a bomb threat at the home of the judge presiding over trump's civil trial. >> these threats of violence are unacceptable. they threaten the fabric of our democracy. >> reporter: in may, the fbi set up a database to track swatting cases for the first time. since then, the agency says it has received more than 500 reports. finding the perpetrators who often mask their caller i.d. data can be difficult, and that's why political figures who have fallen victim to the crime are urging congress to ask. >> if there was a federal law on the books, given that this person is calling from another

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CNN News Central

last month, jack smith, the justice department special counsel overseeing two federal cases against donald trump, was swatted. a law enforcement source tells cnn. so as main secretary state after she ruled trump ineligible to appear on the state's ballot. just hours before thursday's closing arguments, a bomb threat at the home of the judge presiding over trump civil trial. >> these threats of violence are unacceptable. they threaten the fabric of our democracy. >> in may, the fbi set up a database to track swatting cases since the first time. since then, the agency says it has received more than 500 reports. finding the perpetrators who often mask their color i.d. data can be difficult. that is why political figures who have fallen victim to the crime urging congress to act. >> if there was a federal law on the books, given that this portion is going from another state, you would have that jurisdiction. hopefully the elder apprehend those folks more effectively.

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