Judge in Trump Civil Trial Receives Bomb Threat at Home

Police on Thursday morning were responding to a bomb threat at the house belonging to the judge in former President Donald Trump’s $370 million civil trial, according to multiple reports.

A Nassau County Police Department spokesman confirmed there was an investigation at the house of Judge Arthur F. Engoron, The New York Times reported.

The outlet said the threat involved a bomb and that the bomb squad came to the house.

CNBC reported that police said a call about the residence was made at approximately 5 a.m. ET.

Engoron was expected to hear closing arguments in Trump’s case Thursday. It was not clear whether the bomb threat would delay the proceedings.

The judge rescinded permission for Trump to make his own closing argument Wednesday.

The bomb threat comes following so-called “swatting” calls made about the homes of the Department of Justice special counsel prosecuting Trump in two federal criminal cases, and the judge presiding over one of those cases, CNBC reported.

Police in both Washington, D.C., and Maryland have said calls were made about false claims of violence at the homes of special counsel Jack Smith and Judge Tanya Chutkan.