The FBI confirms that the police are investigating the threats and says that bomb threats have occurred several times.
Among the threats, so-called swatting has occurred, which means that a false threat has been reported to the police, who then go to a specified location – often where the targeted person lives.
The federal police do not go into detail about how the threats were made or who was targeted.
One of those targeted by the threats is Elise Stefanik in New York – nominated by Trump to become UN Ambassador – according to her own statement. She is said to have received the threat when she and her family were driving from Washington DC to New York.
The American media company CBS reports that Trump's nominee for the post of Trade Minister, Howard Lutnick, has also been threatened.
Lee Zeldin, nominated to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency, says he has been bomb-threatened. The threat was delivered to his home.
My family and I were not at home at the time. We are grateful for the police's immediate action, says Zeldin.
The White House has been informed about the threats.
Caroline Leavitt, spokesperson for Trump's organization preparing for the transfer of power, says that the police have acted forcefully on the threats.
Dangerous intimidation cannot deter us, our President Trump is an example of that, says Leavitt.
