At the event, McConnell was joined by several fellow members of the federal judiciary—marking a rare instance in which sitting judges publicly address the threats and harassment they have faced.

Judge Robert Lasnik said he also received pizzas that were sent under the name of Judge Salas’s murdered son “Two of my adult kids, who live in other cities on the West Coast, received pizzas that they did not order, and we received one at our home in Seattle. All three were in the name of Daniel.”

To Judge Lasnik, the message was clear: “We know where you live, we know where your children live, and they could end up dead like Judge Salas's son did. That's a pretty cruel thing to do,” he said.

Judge John C. Coughenour, who in February blocked Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship, said that he and his wife had been “swatted.” “The local sheriff's office received a call saying that I had murdered my wife, and they arrived at my house with weapons drawn,” he said.