Now Feinstein Office Claims They Are Receiving Death Threats

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office has received threats of bodily and sexual harm against staff — some naming specific employees — following Feinstein’s involvement in allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Feinstein is the second woman senator whose office is reporting such threats. The White House said Thursday Kavanaugh and his wife have also received threats.

A spokesman for Feinstein, top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said they’ve been getting a significant amount of calls on the issue, with most calls from California being opposed to the Kavanaugh nomination. Those are routine calls taken by staff, but other calls have been threatening.

“My office has received some pretty ugly voicemails, threats, terrible things said to my staff,” Collins said in an interview with WVOM in Maine on Wednesday.