A number of Donald Trump's cabinet appointees and nominees for his administration have been targeted by bomb threats, the FBI said.
It says it is aware of “numerous bomb threats” and “splash incidents”, where calls are made for police to respond to the target's home.
New York Republican Elise Stefanik, whom Trump nominated to be the US ambassador to the United Nations, was the first to say that her home was attacked by a bomb threat.
The police are investigating the incidents that happened on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Caroline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump's transition team, said several people were targeted and “law enforcement acted quickly to ensure” their safety.
Neither Leavitt nor the FBI identified any targets by name.
But Stefanik's office said the congresswoman was alerted to the bomb threat while traveling with her husband and three-year-old son from Washington to New York for Thanksgiving.
Separately, New York police later told the BBC's US counterpart CBS that the home of Trump's commerce secretary nominee, Howard Lutnick, was also threatened.
Lee Zeldin, Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, also confirmed he was targeted, saying a “bomb threat” was sent to his home with a “Palestine-themed message”.
“My family and I were not at home at the time and we are safe,” he said. “We appreciate the prompt action taken by the local police.”
Florida Republican Matt Gaetz, who recently stepped down as US attorney general, was also targeted.
The sheriff's office in Okaloosa County in Florida confirmed that a bomb threat was made against an address in the city of Niceville.
The home's mailbox has been cleared and no equipment was found, police said, and a search of the area turned up nothing.
Fox News also reports that John Ratcliffe, Trump's nominee for CIA director, and Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth have also been targeted in the wave of threats.
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