>>> THERE ARE NEW DETAILS THIS
MORNING ABOUT THE BOMB THREAT AT
THE HOME OF THE JUDGE WHO'S
PRESIDING OVER DONALD TRUMP'S
CIVIL FRAUD TRIAL.
POLICE SAY THE THREAT WAS
UNFOUNDED AND IT WAS A SWATTING
INCIDENT.
YOU'RE HEARING THAT A LOT MORE
THESE DAYS.
SWATTING IS THE DANGEROUS
PRACTICE WHERE FAKE EMERGENCY
CALLS WERE MADE, THAT CAUSE
S.W.A.T TEAMS TO SHOW UP AT
HOMES.
THEY HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN THE
DISTURBING TREND.
CNN'S RENE MARSH HAS MORE.
>> THEY CLAIMED THAT I HAD SHOT
MY WIFE.
>> OHIO'S ATTORNEY GENERAL DAVE
YOST.
>> THEY HAD SHOT THEIR SPOUSE
AND THAT THEY HAD SOMEBODY ELSE
TIED UP.
>> AND GEORGIA LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR BURT JONES, BOTH POLICE
SAY, TARGETS OF A DANGEROUS
TREND ON THE RISE CALLED
SWATTING.
IT'S A HOAX WHERE THE CALLER
MAKES A PANICKED FALSE REPORT TO
911 ABOUT A VIOLENT CRIME IN
PROGRESS AT THEIR TARGET'S HOME.
TRIGGERING A LARGE POLICE
RESPONSE WITH ARMED OFFICERS
LIKE THE ONE GEORGIA STATE
SENATOR CLINT DIXON EXPERIENCED
WHEN HE SAYS HE WAS SWATTED ON
CHRISTMAS DAY.
>> I WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR AND
OPENED THE DOOR AND ANSWERED THE
DOOR AND WAS MET BY SIX OFFICERS
THAT WERE CARRYING ARs.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE SAYS SHE WAS TARGETED THE
SAME DAY.
THE POLICE REPORT SAYS THE
CALLER TOLD AN EMERGENCY
DISPATCHER HE SHOT HIS
GIRLFRIEND AND GREENE'S HOME WAS
THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
>> THE INTENT IS THE HARRIS THE
INDIVIDUAL THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF
THE SWATTING CALL, BUT THERE ARE
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
POTENTIALLY, OFFICERS RESPONDING
QUICKLY TO THE SCENE, THINKING
THERE'S SOME MAJOR CRIME IN
PROGRESS, WHICH PUTS THE PERSON
WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE
SWATTING AT RISK.
>> IN A DIVISIVE AND TOXIC
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT, BOTH
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC
POLITICAL FIGURES SEEM TO BE
INCREASINGLY THE TARGETS.
MANY OF THEM VIEWED BY TRUMP
SUPPORTERS AS POLITICAL
OPPONENTS.
THIS SUNDAY, D.C. POLICE
RESPONDED TO A 911 CALL FOR A
SHOOTING AT THE HOME OF THE
FEDERAL JUDGE IN DONALD TRUMP'S
ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE.
THE POLICE REPORT SAYS ONCE
UNITS ARRIVED THEY REALIZED THE
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
STATE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THAT
JURISDICTION AND HOPEFULLY BE
ABLE TO APPREHEND THOSE FOLKS
MORE EFFECTIVELY.
>> Reporter: AS ELECTIONS DRAW
NEAR, STATES ARE DOING WHAT
CONGRESS HAS NOT.
LAST YEAR OHIO PASSED A LAW
MAKING SWATTING A FELONY, AND
GEORGIA HAS DRAFTED SIMILAR
LEGISLATION.
IT'S NOT JUST HIGH PROFILE
POLITICAL FIGURES FALLING VICTIM
TO SWATTING, IT RUNS THE GAMUT
FROM JEWISH AND OTHER RELIGIOUS
INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS, TO ELECTION
WORKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE
MILITARY.
NOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT STRESSES
THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS HOAX.
THEY POINT TO A 28-YEAR-OLD
KANSAS MAN WHO WAS ACTUALLY
KILLED AFTER SOMEONE CALLED IN A
FAKE 911 EMERGENCY ABOUT A
HOSTAGE SITUATION AT HIS HOME.
RENE MARSH, CNN, WASHINGTON.
>> SO SCARY.