Those death threats would continue for weeks, unsurprisingly citing Trump’s rhetoric. On the same January weekend that Raffensperger got the call from Trump, local election officials—who were preparing for runoff elections that would eventually determine the future of the U.S. Senate—were reeling from a string of identical emails threatening to bomb polling places.
“This election is f_cking rigged… We are past playing nice,” said the rambling email, which included a threatening reference to TATP, the popular homemade explosive made of triacetone triperoxide.
That email was sent from similarly named accounts to election officials at Bulloch, Cherokee, Paulding, Spalding, Walker, and other counties throughout the state. The threats were shared with the secretary of state’s office and local officials quickly moved to heighten security at polling places, records show.
“We need to find these people. I will not stand by and see our staff and voters threatened or hurt. Please find them!” wrote Deidre Holden, the elections supervisor at Paulding County.
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