Christmas “swatting” ended with “homemade cookies and spiced nuts” after multiple congress members were impacted by false holiday reports — one for the eighth time.
While family and friends gathered around the world Monday, the homes of New York Rep. Brandon Williams (R) and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) were threatened with unexpected company after a secret Santa gifted them with false reports.
Sharing some pictures of himself with law enforcement, Williams reported on X, “Our home was swatted this afternoon. Thanks to the Deputies and Troopers who contacted me before arriving. They left with homemade cookies and spiced nuts! Merry Christmas everyone!”
By evening he added, “UPDATE: Capitol Police & local police are investigating the Swatting incident at our home on this Christmas Day. Thankful our law enforcement working today (& every day). 5 cars responded to our home. The deputies & troopers were polite, professional, & prompt. God bless them.”
UPDATE: Capitol Police & local police are investigating the Swatting incident at our home on this Christmas Day.
Thankful for law enforcement working today (& every day). 5 cars responded to our home.
The deputies & troopers were polite, professional, & prompt. God bless them. https://t.co/bGuTPhiH3I
— Rep. Brandon Williams (@RepWilliams) December 25, 2023
Meanwhile, Greene began recounting her Christmas swatting with screengrabs of graphic messages sent days earlier to her boyfriend, Brian Glenn, from someone threatening that she would be shot in the head and how her skin could be used to make a parasol, “making a reference to Gein, who was a psychopath killer who would make things out of his victim’s skin.”
“He also says he would like to smash [former President Donald] Trump’s and Brian’s heads on a curb,” she detailed.
I was swatted this morning on Christmas Day and a few days ago – Thursday Dec 21st. we received this death threat where this man is saying I will be shot in the head and skinned to make a “parasol” making a reference to Gein, who was a psychopath killer who would make things out… pic.twitter.com/iW8JvOSJLa
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) December 25, 2023
The Georgia lawmaker indicated that she had received an uninspiring email response from the U.S. Capitol Police regarding the lack of arrest of a suspect. “But compare it to how the FBI and DOJ treats J6’ers, Pres Trump, and their political enemies.
“Also, if you read [the] messages, he says he knows the FBI, names an agent, says he likes them and says the FBI is recruiting him,” detailed Greene. “Is the FBI recruiting a man who is threatening to kill a member of congress and crush the skull of President Trump?”
“And after today, I have been swatted 8 times but the FBI can’t seem to figure out who is responsible for the swatting and says the law doesn’t allow them to track them down. The FBI can do so many things, has even abused FISA to spy on hundreds of thousands of Americans, but can not figure out who wants me killed by a hail of bullets fired by a SWAT team responding to murder suicide calls supposedly coming from me,” she asserted before she vowed to introduce legislation to facilitate locating swatters.
And after today, I have been swatted 8 times but the FBI can’t seem to figure out who is responsible for the swatting and says the law doesn’t allow them to track them down.
The FBI can do so many things, has even abused FISA to spy on hundreds of thousands of Americans, but can…
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) December 25, 2023
A spokesperson for the Rome Police Department confirmed in a statement that a law enforcement response was “canceled en route,” after coordinating with the congresswoman’s “security detail, and it was determined that there was no emergency and that she was safe.”
Elected officials weren’t alone in being targeted as part of dangerous pranks as commentator Jack Posobiec also took to X to report, “Parents just got swatted again…Christmas night.”
“They told the officers that I had shot my wife and sons in the kitchen,” he added, just days after social media influencer Catturd had reported also having been a target repeatedly.
“I was just swatted again … the local cops are great and know what’s going on now. All is well at the Catturd ranch,” he added. “Still not going to shut up.”
They told the officers that I had shot my wife and sons in the kitchen
— Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) December 25, 2023
I was just swatted again … the local cops are great and know what’s going on now.
All is well at the Catturd ranch.
Still not going to shut up. pic.twitter.com/dtAM2DzQcx
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) December 22, 2023
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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