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The Daily Beast reports:
The FBI has arrested a New England woman for allegedly phoning in a bomb threat to Boston Children’s Hospital amid an unrelenting campaign of violent threats from the far-right over debunked claims about services the medical center provides to transgender youth.
Catherine Leavy of Westfield, Massachusetts is charged with one count of making a telephonic bomb threat, U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins announced at a press conference Thursday.
Rollins said that in the Aug. 30 call, Leavy allegedly told the switchboard operator, “There is a bomb on the way to the hospital. You better evacuate everybody. You sickos.”
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Far right activists who spent the last two months directing harassment at Boston Children’s Hospital — Matt Walsh and LibsOfTikTok’s Chaya Raichik — spent the last day implying reporter Taylor Lorenz made up the bomb threat at the hospital.
The FBI is announcing charges today. https://t.co/aTcWCfWaXx
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 15, 2022
The FBI announces the arrest of Catherine Leavy for making a bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital.
The threat came amid a wave of harassment toward the hospital after its gender-affirming care center became a focus in conservative media. pic.twitter.com/eiHbZBmrT3
— The Recount (@therecount) September 15, 2022
BREAKING: The FBI has arrested a woman for allegedly phoning in a bomb threat to Boston Children’s Hospital amid an unrelenting campaign of threats from the far-right over debunked claims about services the medical center provides to transgender youth. https://t.co/rWXyS3em9Y
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 15, 2022