DHS warns online threats targeting lawmakers on the rise
CBSN
The Department of Homeland Security warned local law enforcement partners in a memo Wednesday of "new content online that could inspire violence, particularly by lone offenders," against government officials, including law enforcement.
The threat update, issued by acting Under Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis John Cohen and obtained by CBS News, details two specific social media posts.
The first is a video posted on a QAnon-friendly forum "calling for Congresspeople to be hung in front of the White House." The video — viewed 60,000 times in the run up to the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot on Thursday — singles out 93 members of Congress with false claims they voted to certify the 2020 "fraudulent" presidential election.
