Those at the forefront of the election are under 'a heightened threat' from 'individuals in some online communities'.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are concerned about the potential for violent "follow-on or retaliatory attacks" in response to the
The attempted assassination of Trump "reinforces our assessment that election-related targets are under a heightened threat" of attack or disruption, the documents states.National security and law enforcement officials have been on edge since Saturday, when a gunman identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks fired at Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, striking the former president in the ear and killing one spectator and critically injuring two others.
Domestic violent extremists "across ideologies are likely to view" a wide range of entities associated with elections as "viable targets for violence", the bulletin says. Some of the tactics aimed at election officials that law enforcement is concerned about include hoax bomb threats, the leaking of officials' personal information online, and "swatting," in which a caller makes a bogus crime report intended to trigger a massive law enforcement response to a target's residence.The new threat assessment comes as the Republican National Convention continues this week in Milwaukee.
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