Sister of Supreme Court Justice Amy Barrett Targeted in Bomb Threat: Police

Police said they responded to a threat about a pipe bomb but determined it to be a false alarm.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 1, 2020. Erin Scott-Pool/Getty Images

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s sister was the target of a bomb threat at her home earlier this month in Charleston, South Carolina, police said on March 12.

Charleston police responded on March 10 to a threat regarding Amanda Coney Williams that had been sent via email, according to a police report.

“I’ve constructed a pipe bomb which I recently placed in Amy Coney Barrett’s sister’s mailbox at her home,” the email stated, according to the police report. “The device’s detonation will be triggered as soon as the mailbox is next opened. Free Palestine!”

Law enforcement officials inspected the mailbox and determined the threat was a false alarm.

The police report noted that Williams’ husband told investigators that over the weekend someone had also attempted to have pizzas delivered to “some households related” to Barrett.

Williams is an attorney at a Charleston law firm where she specializes in employment and labor law, litigation, and professional negligence defense, according to her company’s website.

Police said the investigation remains active. The Epoch Times has contacted Charleston police for further comment.

Trump Praises ‘Very Smart’ Barrett

Barrett was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term and has since participated in several major rulings that have curtailed access to abortion and expanded gun rights.

She also joined a 5-4 decision earlier this month finding that the Trump administration must follow through with a payment of $2 billion in foreign aid to contractors and grant recipients of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The administration froze foreign aid for 90 days in January and said that it would conduct a review to ensure that the programs receiving the aid were aligned with U.S. interests.

Barrett was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberals in handing down the March 5 decision.

There is no indication that the threat to Barrett’s sister is related to the foreign aid case.

Speaking to reporters at the White House on March 9, Trump was asked whether he regretted appointing her to the Supreme Court.

“Look, she’s a very good woman. She’s very smart and I don’t know about people attacking her,” Trump said. “I really don’t know. I think she’s a very good woman, and she’s very smart.”

The Federal Judges Association in a statement on Wednesday cited the bomb threat targeting Barrett. The organization said it “remains deeply concerned about the rising threats and intimidation the judiciary faces.”

Reuters contributed to this report.