Police rush to SCOTUS justice’s home amid rising threats against conservatives — but report quickly unravels

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was targeted in a swatting incident at home Wednesday evening.(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“Officers immediately coordinated with Supreme Court Police personnel assigned to the residence and quickly determined that the report was fictitious.No additional police resources were utilized,” the police department said. 

Swatting calls target an individualby calling in a false police report for crimes — such as a murder, a hostage situation, bomb threats or active shooters that would require a greater law enforcement response — to the home of the target.

A partial audio recording of the police audiosurfaced on Xon Thursday that reported a “call came in for sounds of gunshots.” Law enforcement can be heard saying there was a “suspicious noise” at a 24-hour security coverage for a “high-priority resident” of the county. 

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Barrett was on the bench Thursday morning alongside her colleagues, and read aloud summaries of two opinions she authored.Barrett made no mention of the Wednesday incident in her bench remarks.

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“Swatting is an attempt to get an innocent person killed—in this case, a sitting Supreme Court Justice,” posted Republican UtahSen, Mike Lee on Xas reports of the incident surfaced Thursday.“The proper response will be putting the offender in prison for many, many years.”

Police officers watch abortion-rights advocates demonstrate outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Md., on May 18, 2022.(Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

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The leaked Dobbs draft opinion became a lightning rod for protests, with abortion-rights activists demonstrating outside the homes of Barrett, Kavanaugh and other members of the court’s conservative majority.

In June 2022, CalifornianNicholas John Roske was chargedwith attempted murder for making violent threats against Kavanaugh while carrying a gun, knife and pepper spray near the justice’s home.He was later sentenced to eight years behind bars. 

Attacks on conservative leadershave been on the rise, most recently targeting the commander in chief, including just in April at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.

Protesters gathered near the home of Justice Barrett.

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There were two public assassination attempts on Trump’s life in 2024, beginning in Butler, Pennsylvania, where a bullet grazed his ear after a gunman climbed onto a roof during a rally on July 13, 2024.

Earlier this month, a California Army veteran known for his display of “Make America Great Again” memorabilia and American flags outside his residence, dubbed the “Trump House,” was attacked and beaten to death. 

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� Bill Mears contributed to this report. 

Ashley J.