‘You better be scared’: wave of threats to officials foretell tense election year

Several years of sustained harassment of election workers and judges have led to security concerns and high a high turnover

The judge overseeing the election interference case against Donald Trump in Washington DC had her home visited by police after a fake emergency call, and attempts were made to do the same to prosecutor Jack Smith.

The Maine secretary of state was swatted", too, after she ruled that the former president could not appear on the ballot there because of the 14th amendment. The Colorado judges who ruled similarly have faced threats, leading to increased security.