One of the packages addressed to Ms Waters was discovered at a congressional mail sorting facility in Maryland. The package addressed to Mr Brennan, which forced the evacuation of the Time Warner Centre in New York, was found in the CNN mail room. The Secret Service said both packages "were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such". Former US president Bill Clinton was at home at the time the package was discovered while Ms Clinton was campaigning in Florida. The explosive package sent to Mrs Clinton's New York home was discovered at a mail sorting facility, and did not reach the Clintons' home. The package addressed to Mr Obama was intercepted by the Secret Service at the former president's home in Washington. ( Reuters: Scott Audette) How were they detected? Ms Wasserman Shultz was the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, but resigned from her position after the release of DNC emails during the 2016 US presidential election campaign.Īt a news conference New York Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed that a device was sent to his office in Manhattan, but New York police and Mr Cuomo's office later confirmed the device was not a suspicious package but a USB drive containing information on the far-right organisation the Proud Boys.ĭebbie Wasserman Schultz's Florida office was listed as the return address on the packages. Mr Holder's package had the wrong address and was sent to Ms Wasserman Shultz's office in Florida after the package could not be delivered to his address. The list of Democratic figures who have been sent suspicious packages this week include former president Barack Obama, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, former attorney-general in the Obama administration Eric Holder, and Democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters, a vocal critic of Mr Trump.įormer CIA director John Brennan, who has been critical of Mr Trump, and billionaire philanthropist George Soros have also been targeted.Īll of the packages had the return address of Democratic Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Shultz.
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