Threatening emails say ‘2020 election was rigged’, echoing Trump’s false claims about the vote.

The top Democrat in the United States Senate, Chuck Schumer, has said that three of his New York state offices were targeted with emailed bomb threats alleging the “2020 election was rigged”.

In a statement on social media, Schumer said that local law enforcement on Monday received bomb threats referencing his offices in Rochester, Binghamton and Long Island with the email subject line “MAGA”.

“Local and federal law enforcement responded immediately and are conducting full security sweeps,” Schumer said on X.

“Everyone is safe, and I am grateful for their quick and professional response to ensure these offices remain safe and secure for all New Yorkers.”

A law enforcement source confirmed to the Associated Press news agency that police in Suffolk County on Long Island responded to Schumer’s area office, but could not confirm the details of the threat. The person requested anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.

US Capitol Police declined to comment, saying it does not discuss member security for safety reasons.

Schumer condemned political violence, which has surged in recent years in the US, saying that “these kinds of violent threats have absolutely no place in our political system”.

“No one—no public servant, no staff member, no constituent, no citizen—should ever be targeted for simply doing their job,” he said in the statement.

US President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to former President Joe Biden, but has falsely maintained since then that the vote was “rigged” or “stolen”. The claim, which is not backed by evidence, was a key message of Trump’s successful 2024 presidential run.

Courts across the country have dismissed or ruled against the Trump campaign and its allies in dozens of lawsuits. The 2020 election results were certified by election officials in all 50 states.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani condemned the threats at a news conference during an event in support of Starbucks workers.

Although none of the threats impacted offices in New York City, Mamdani said that a country where political violence is the norm “is one that we should never accept”.

“That is incumbent on all of us to be fighting for that future across this country, no matter party,” Mamdani added.

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Dutch prosecutors demanded Friday that a Muslim father and his two sons face up to 25 years in prison for allegedly drowning an 18-year-old family member because they believed her “Western” behavior was bringing shame to the family.

The body of Syrian woman Ryan Al Najjar was found submerged in a lake with hands and feet bound tightly on May 28, 2024, near Joure in northern Netherlands, six days after disappearing, according to authorities. Officials arrested her father and two brothers, then aged 22 and 24, and charged them in connection with her killing, which prosecutors said likely happened on May 22.

“They saw Ryan as a burden that had to be removed,” the Public Prosecution Service said Friday. “Just because she was a young woman who wanted to live her own life.”

Authorities said her male relatives, who come from what they described as a “strict” Islamic family, allegedly killed her after believing she was “behaving too Western in the eyes of her family.” Al Najjar was reportedly targeted after refusing to wear a headscarf in public-like settings.

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“The immediate cause of her death appears to be a live video on TikTok, showing Ryan without a headscarf and wearing makeup,” prosecutors said Friday. “The video seriously embarrasses the family, according to their posts, as it does not fit within their traditional views.”

“Once the suspects were aware of the video, they started looking for Ryan,” the authorities added. “According to the Public Prosecution Service, her brothers visited her in Rotterdam and convinced her to come along to a remote location the night before her murder. She was taken to Knardijk, where their father joined. There she was killed.”

Local media NL Times identified the brothers as Mohamed Al Najjar and Muhanad, and their 53-year-old father as Khaled. All three were charged with murdering the young woman, while their father was accused of orchestrating the killing before likely fleeing to Syria, prosecutors said.

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Investigators say Al Najjar was taken to a remote park where “no one for miles around could have heard her” cries for help. Evidence showed signs of strangulation and drowning, and approximately 60 feet of tape had been used to bind her before she was thrown into the water alive. Prosecutors reported that Khaled’s DNA was also found under his daughter’s fingernails, suggesting he was present during the killing.

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“[Khaled] fled to Syria immediately after the murder and left his sons to take the blame. Cowardly,” the Public Prosecution Service wrote in a statement Friday, according to NL Times. “Khaled has completely destroyed his family.”

Dutch authorities added that extraditing Khaled may be difficult because he married a woman in Syria since Al Najjar’s death, the outlet reported. 

The Public Prosecution Service has recommended a 25-year prison sentence for the father and 20 years for each of the two brothers.

The court is scheduled to issue its ruling on Jan. 5.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Public Prosecution Service for more information.