U.S. Capitol Police investigated 7,501 threats made against congressional members last year, marking a decrease from 2021 while remaining historically high, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.
The number of investigations into concerning statements and direct threats toward members of Congress for 2022 was a drop from the 9,625 investigations a year prior and still lower than the 8,613 cases in 2020 but follows an overall increase over the past few decades, officials said.
The number of cases in 2022 is also the third highest in the last six years and is nearly double the 3,939 threat investigations in 2017.
“The threats against members of Congress are still too high,” U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said in a statement. “This has resulted in a necessary expansion of, not only our investigative capabilities, but our protection responsibilities as well.”
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