Republican Tim Burchett was targeted with a bomb threat at his Tennessee home, The Daily Wire has learned.
A source familiar with the matter said that the congressman’s Tennessee home was threatened on Monday, and that law enforcement visited the congressman. A spokesman for the Knox County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to The Daily Wire that the sheriff’s office received a threat to Burchett’s home but that the threat is considered “unfounded at this time.”
“However, there is an ongoing investigation,” she added, “therefore, I am not at liberty to discuss the nature of the threat.”
The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement to The Daily Wire: “Anytime a Member of Congress is the victim of a ‘swatting’ incident, we work closely with our local and federal law enforcement partners. To protect ongoing investigations and to minimize the risk of copy-cats, we cannot…
