Judge overseeing Trump's D.C. case becomes the latest target of high-profile 'swatting'

The judge and prosecutor in Donald Trump's D.C. election interference case were each targets of recent "swatting" attempts.

Police and other emergency personnel arrived at the home of U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan Sunday evening, following a false report that there had been a shooting at her Washington, D.C. address, the New York Times reported.

The incident comes two weeks after special counsel Jack Smith was the target of a Christmas Day "swatting," where Montgomery County Police responded to a false report that Smith had shot his wife inside their Maryland home.

For months, Smith and Chutkan have been on the receiving end of threats from Trump supporters as he faces charges for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election results.

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A Texas woman, Abigail Jo Shry, was arrested and charged last August over accusations that she called Chutkan's chambers, addressed the judge with a racist term and "threatened to kill anyone who went after former President Trump," according to court records.

The recent attempts on Smith and Chutkan are part of a rise in "swatting." Police across the country have responded to false threats against other public officials, politicians and their families.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who has been a repeated "swatting" victim herself, said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that her both of daughters' homes were targets of calls days after Christmas.

"Whoever is doing this, you are going to get caught and it won’t be funny to you anymore," Greene wrote in her post.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Judge and special counsel in Trump case were targets of false police reports