Cop nearly killed on Jan 6 called Trump ‘authoritian.’ Hours later, his mom was ‘swatted’

Just hours after former Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone stood outside of Manhattan criminal court and called Donald Trump an “authoritarian”, his mother’s home was reportedly swatted.

Mr Fanone told NBC News that his 78-year-old mother opened her door to law enforcement officers and SWAT team members on Tuesday night after an individual sent a fake “manifesto” posing as Mr Fanone threatening to harm others and claiming he killed his mother.

The email, viewed by NBC News, included Fanone’s mother’s home address in Virginia.

“How dangerous is it to send law enforcement to an address in which you essentially are describing an active shooter, in which the only person present is a 78-year-old f***ing woman,” Mr Fanone told the news outlet.

Earlier in the day, Mr Fanone joined actor Robert DeNiro, fellow retired police officer Harry Dunn and members of President Joe Biden’s campaign to denounce Mr Trump.

Mr Fanone invoked his experience being assaulted by rioters at the Capitol on January 6 to tell people Mr Trump will not serve the public if he is re-elected.

“This election is about Donald Trump and his vision for the office of the president of the United States, not as a public servant who answers to the people who elected him, but as an authoritarian who answers to and serves only himself,” he said.

Mr Fanone believes his anti-Trump rhetoric inspired someone to create the fake “manifesto” and email it to several, including email addresses associated with the high school he attended for one year.

“This is the reality of going up against or challenging Donald Trump,” Mr Fanone told NBC News. “These swatting calls are incredibly f***ing dangerous, especially when the target is somebody like my mom.”

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