An increase over 2022, Capitol Police investigated more than 8,000 threats against members of Congress, their offices or the Capitol grounds in 2023, an increase of 6% from the previous year, Politico reports. In 2023, USCP opened 8,008 cases, according to USCP Assistant Chief of Protective and Intelligence Operations Ashan M. Benedict, an increase of 501 from the previous year. Cases were based on threats made via mail, email, phone or social media, with most of the increase in investigations coming from social media posts because “[p]eople continue to have a false sense of anonymity on social media,” the agency said.