George Soros’ New York estate was swatted by Southampton police on Saturday after the department received a prank 911 call, the New York Post reported.
Law enforcement rushed to the scene of Soros’ Long Island home around 9 p.m. Saturday after a 911 caller told authorities that he had shot his wife and was threatening to turn the gun on himself.
Southampton Police Detective Herman Lamison stated Monday that the caller’s report was fake and confirmed Soros as the owner of the estate.
A cop who responded to the scene told fellow officers, “Spoke to security, searched the premises. It was [a] negative problem,” according to a police radio traffic transcript obtained by the Post.
It is unclear whether anyone was home at the time of the swatting. According to reports from the Daily Mail, Soros was seen vacationing in Barbados last week.
Earlier this year, Soros handed control of his $25 billion empire to his son, Alexander Soros, who vowed to continue to use the family’s wealth to support left-wing politicians and causes. Alexander told the Wall Street Journal in June that he is “more political” than his father.
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Swatting incidents have become more common over the holiday season, with pranksters phoning in bogus 911 calls to prompt SWAT teams to raid the homes of a number of political figures.
According to authorities, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) was a recent target of a swatting call on Friday evening, a day after she ruled to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot. A man reportedly phoned police, claiming to have broken into the secretary of state’s home, police stated. However, when they arrived at the scene, there was no evidence of a break-in, and they found no one inside the home.
Republican Representatives Brandon Williams of New York and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia both reported that they were the target of swatting calls on Christmas day. In Greene’s case, police determined that the call was a hoax, and they did not send officers to her residence.
“My home was ‘swatted’ on Christmas. Someone hoped police might accidentally kill me and my family,” Williams posted on X. “Today local ‘news’ doxxed us by publishing a photo of my home, why? To make it easier to target my family?”
“Swatting calls are coming in on many Members of Congress, Senators, State Reps and Mayors and Lt Governors, and many members of our families,” Greene said last week. “Is our government under attack? Swatting calls are also police harassment and an attack on police. We need to stop this now.”
Boston Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu’s home was reportedly swatted on Christmas as well. A few days later, Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida shared on X that he was also a target of the hoax 911 calls.
“Last night, while at dinner with my wife, cowards ‘swatted’ my home in Naples. These criminals wasted the time & resources of our law enforcement in a sick attempt to terrorize my family,” he said.
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