Repub­li­cans demand week­ly updates on elec­tion med­dling after bomb threat ‘hoax­es’ in Spring­field, Ohio

FIRST ON FOX: A group of Repub­li­cans wrote to nation­al law enforce­ment and intel­li­gence heads Fri­day request­ing week­ly updates on for­eign elec­tion inter­fer­ence after bomb threats in Spring­field, Ohio, turned out to be “hoax­es” orig­i­nat­ing overseas.Ten House Repub­li­cans wrote to Direc­tor of Nation­al Intel­li­gence Avril Haines, FBI Direc­tor Chris Wray and Home­land Secu­ri­ty Sec­re­tary Ale­jan­dro May­orkas demand­ing to know which coun­try was involved in the 33 “hoax” bomb threats that went out to Spring­field and what actions they’d tak­en to com­bat social media cam­paigns, cyberes­pi­onage and threats of phys­i­cal harm per­pe­trat­ed by for­eign actors. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine revealed Mon­day that local law enforce­ment had respond­ed to 33 fake …