Ten devices sent to leading Democrats and Trump critics
  • 5 years ago
'MURICA — Suspicious packages containing pipe bombs were sent to 10 prominent Democrats and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump this week.
According to the Washington Post, all the packages were discovered before reaching their intended targets and none of them detonated.
On Monday, Oct. 22, the first device was sent to billionaire George Soros in New York.

Then on Tuesday, Oct. 23, the Secret Service discovered a pipe bomb addressed to Trump punching bag, Not-So-Straight Hillary and former president Bill Clinton.
On Wednesday, Oct. 24, Secret Service intercepted a bomb addressed to Obama in Northwest Washington.
Another device was discovered in the CNN mailroom at the Time Warner Center in the Big Apple, addressed to former CIA director John Brennan.
A suspect package was also addressed to former attorney general Eric H. Holder, but was sent to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Two other packages addressed to Maxine Waters were found by authorities in L.A. and Washington.
On Thursday, Oct. 25, Robert De Niro got into the mix as well with a pipe bomb.
And not to be left out, were two bombs sent to former vice president Joe Biden.
According to the New York Times, all of the packages had the same return address — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida.
Authorities are now focusing on Florida after postal service information indicated many of the packages were mailed and processed from the state.
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