"We have now confirmed two additional packages, both addressed to Rep. The FBI had released a list of five packages - which were addressed to Soros, Clinton, Obama, Brennan and Holder - earlier in the day but on Wednesday evening, an FBI source confirmed that they were looking into two additional packages. Special agents and bomb technicians are en route to the scene. Postal Facility in Los Angeles where a package was addressed to Waters.
(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)įBI special agents responded to a call at a U.S. PHOTO: The United States Postal Service (USPS) Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in Los Angeles, Oct. "We cannot tolerate these cowardly attacks and I strongly condemn all who choose violence," she said. "We're extremely angry, upset, unhappy about what we've witnessed this morning and we will get to the bottom of it," Trump said.įirst lady Melania Trump also condemned the attacks, speaking at the same event moments before her husband. "In these times we have to unify, we have to come together," Trump said, adding "that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America." "As we speak, the packages are being inspected by top explosive experts and a major federal investigation is underway," he said. "The safety of the American people is my highest and absolute priority," Trump said, noting that he "just concluded" a briefing with various law enforcement agencies about the packages. Trump spoke briefly at a previously scheduled White House event, calling the incidents "abhorrent" and "despicable acts." It was later determined that this package had been addressed to Rep. The Capitol Police bomb squad responded to the scene. Capitol Police are investigating at least one suspicious package containing a possible device that was intercepted at a congressional mail sorting facility in Maryland. Law enforcement sources told ABC News that U.S. "We wouldn't be surprised if additional devices are sent," Cuomo said. Andrew Cuomo said that "a device was sent to my office in Manhattan." NYPD officials later determined that there was no device at Cuomo's office and reports of a suspicious package were unrelated to the other incidents. NYPD commissioner James O’Neill revealed at a news conference that white powder was also found in the search following the discovery of the Time Warner Center suspicious package.ĭuring the same news conference, New York Gov.
PHOTO: Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner James O'Neill and Governor Andrew Cuomo give a media briefing outside the Time Warner Center in New York after a suspicious package was found inside the CNN Headquarters, Oct. Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling is home to the Secret Service's mail screening facility for the White House and those under Secret Service protection in D.C.
The Naval District of Washington confirmed to ABC News that Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling identified a suspicious package this morning. The protectees did not received the devices nor were they at risk of receiving them.” The Secret Service, referring to the packages sent to the Obamas and Clintons, said they “were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handles as such. That device was addressed to the residence of former President Barack Obama but it was “intercepted” by the Secret Service. The third suspicious device was found “early this morning,” according to the Secret Service in a statement released at roughly 9:35 a.m. Secret Service Uniform Division vehicle stands watch at the end of the block where former President Barack Obama and his family live and where an explosive device was sent Oct.
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