*It’s happened again. This time, Democratic New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is the latest high profile public and government official to have a possible explosive device mailed to him. It wasn’t delivered, but was intercepted in South Florida.
The FBI confirmed that a suspicious package addressed to Booker had been recovered, adding that it was “similar in appearance” to the 10 other packages this week addressed to prominent Democrats and media figures, reports CNBC.
The #FBI has confirmed an 11th package has been recovered in Florida, similar in appearance to the others, addressed to Sen. Cory Booker.
— FBI (@FBI) October 26, 2018
As of this posting, Booker’s office had not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Meanwhile, the New York Police Department is investigating reports of a suspicious package in midtown Manhattan that is also similar in appearance to the other suspected explosives. NBC News reported that the package, found at a mail facility at 52nd Street in Manhattan, was addressed to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
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We are responding to a report of a suspicious package in the vicinity of West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue, #Manhattan. Please avoid the area and expect a police presence and heavy traffic. More information to follow. pic.twitter.com/fygm9IvS63
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 26, 2018
As we’be previously reported, suspicious packages, sent in manila envelopes and containing explosive material, have been addressed to former president Barack Obama, the New York residence of former president Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the New York office of CNN and actor Robert De Niro, among others.
De Niro, in a statement, said “There’s something more powerful than bombs, and that’s your vote,” CNN’s Jake Tapper reported in a tweet Friday morning.
Robert De Niro statement following package sent to his office: “I thank God no one’s been hurt, and I thank the brave and resourceful security and law enforcement people for protecting us. There’s something more powerful than bombs, and that’s your vote. People MUST vote!”
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 26, 2018
The common thread between all of the targets of the suspected mail bombs have been either critical toward, or criticized by, President Donald Trump. None of the packages discovered were detonated before being intercepted.
The president condemned the apparent mail bombing attempts as “egregious” and “abhorrent” conduct that has “no place in the United States” during a White House event earlier this week. But Trump also cast blame on the “hateful” media for causing “a very big part of the anger we see in our society.”
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