In a statement on Tuesday, the FBI confirmed that polling locations in several U.S. states have received bomb threats, “many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains.” Officials say none of the threats has proven credible.
Law enforcement agencies prepared for unrest beyond Election Day
Agencies nationwide are dedicating “substantial resources” to ensure safety.
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Law enforcement officials say they’re prepared to deal with unrest on Election Day, but expect the threat to continue in the days that follow.
“It is more likely that in the aftermath of the election results and the counting of the Electoral College votes, that individuals who believe that the election was rigged, stolen, or unfairly decided could decide to conduct lone offender or lone wolf attacks in response,” said Javed Ali, the former senior counterterrorism coordinator at the National Security Council and now an associate professor at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
“The two attempted attacks against former President Trump this summer suggest the potential for this remains high, and detecting the signs of an individual’s radicalization or mobilization to violent action remains amongst the most difficult challenges for federal, state, and local law enforcement here in the United States.”
