Maine secretary of state house ‘swatted’ day after she ruled Trump off the ballot

The home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows was “swatted” Friday evening, said the police on Saturday.

Maine State Police responded after an unidentified made call and lied regarding broken in the house.

Bellows and her family were away at the time of the hoax call.

The incident occurred post the Secretary disqualifying Trump from appearing on the ballot in her state as primary GOP candidate. While ruling out the verdict, she cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which allows bans from office for those who have “engaged in insurrection.”

The statement comes after a group of residents, including bipartisan group of former lawmakers, challenged Trump’s position on the ballot.

Speaking of ‘Swatting’, it is when someone calls the police under false pretext to trigger a law enforcement response.

Some swatting calls have also been made in the past, wherein the victims ended up being dead. An Ohio man was sentenced to prison in 2019 after a man he swatted for was killed by police