
A second package intended for Biden, but addressed incorrectly, was found at a facility in Wilmington, Delaware.

It was returned to the post office due to insufficient postage, and examined because of the other packages.
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Īuthorities also found a package in New Castle, Delaware, addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden with his full name, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. De Niro has publicly expressed criticism of Trump. In the early morning hours, a package was found in Tribeca, New York City, addressed to actor, producer and director Robert De Niro, via his company Tribeca Productions. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Sunrise, Florida. Attorney General Eric Holder, with a bad address, was returned to the purported sender, the office of former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and current U.S. Another suspicious package addressed to Waters resulted in the evacuation of a U.S. Representative Maxine Waters was intercepted by United States Capitol Police. Along with their colleagues Kate Bolduan and Athena Jones, reporters Harlow and Sciutto left the building, but continued to report via Skype over a cellphone line. The bomb alarm occurred during CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto. Brennan has served as a senior national security and intelligence analyst for NBC News and MSNBC since February 2018, but has also appeared on CNN. CNN reported that law enforcement said the package was delivered by courier. Īdditionally, a package containing an explosive and suspicious powder was found in CNN's mail room in the Time Warner Center in New York City, addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan (misspelled as "Brenan"). presidential election.Ī device addressed to former President Barack Obama was intercepted by the Secret Service during a mail screening in Washington, D.C. Senator from New York and the First Lady of former President Bill Clinton, she was President Donald Trump's main opponent in the 2016 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (misspelled as "Hilary"), was intercepted by the Secret Service during a mail screening in Chappaqua, New York. Tuesday, October 23 Ī package containing a device, addressed to former U.S. The employee who found the device carried it to a wooded area, where bomb squad officers safely detonated it. Soros, who is regularly the subject of conspiracy theories and threats by right-wing extremists, was absent.

The first suspicious package containing such a device was found in the mailbox at the home of Democratic donor George Soros in Katonah, New York. He was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison on August 5, 2019, and will be eligible for release as early as November 10, 2035. On March 21, 2019, Sayoc pleaded guilty to 65 felony counts, including using weapons of mass destruction in an attempted domestic terrorist attack. The FBI investigated the case as domestic terrorism. Ī suspect, Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr., was arrested in Florida on October 26, held without bail, and charged with five federal crimes the following week. None of the devices exploded outside a controlled setting. All sixteen confirmed bombs sent were improvised explosive devices, though none had a trigger mechanism. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies coordinated their investigations of the attempted bombings. One package was addressed only to CNN and sent to its world headquarters. Attorney General Eric Holder, two former intelligence chiefs: ex-CIA Director John Brennan and ex-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper two billionaire Democratic donors and activists: George Soros and Tom Steyer and actor Robert De Niro. Other people who were sent packages included three Democratic members of Congress: Representative Maxine Waters, Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Postal Service to several Democratic Party politicians and other prominent critics of U.S. Pro-Trump, far-right extremism, See also Motivesįrom October 22 to November 1, 2018, sixteen packages found to contain pipe bombs were mailed via the U.S. Attempted mail bombings, domestic terrorism
