Overview
- The 2025 total marked the third consecutive annual rise, up from 9,474 investigations in 2024 and about 8,000 in 2023.
- Cases covered concerning statements and behaviors directed at lawmakers, families, staff and the Capitol complex, with targets from both parties and threats delivered by mail, email, phone and social media.
- Capitol Police tripled formal agreements with local departments to more than 350 last year to help protect members in their home districts, and agencies without agreements were urged to join with reimbursement available.
- The Protective Intelligence Operations Center expanded to continuous operations, and attorneys detailed to the Justice Department consulted on 875 cases and processed 1,705 subpoenas.
- Recent incidents underscored the climate of risk, including a man spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar with an unknown liquid at a town hall and the reported assault of Rep. Maxwell Frost in Utah.