sourceAP source: Envelope addressed to White House contained ricin
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials intercepted an envelope addressed to the White House that contained the poison ricin, a U.S. law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Saturday.
The letter appeared to have originated in Canada, according to a statement from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which said it was assisting the FBI
The letter was intercepted at a government facility that screens mail addressed to the White House and President Donald Trump, the U.S. official said. A preliminary investigation indicated it tested positive for ricin, a poison found naturally in castor beans, the U.S. official said.
The U.S. official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Federal investigators were working to determine where the enveloped originated and who mailed it. The FBI, the Secret Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service were leading the investigation.
In a statement, the FBI said agents were working to investigate “a suspicious letter received at a U.S. government mail facility” and that there is “no known threat to public safety.”
A Navy veteran was arrested in 2018 and confessed to sending envelopes to Trump and members of his administration that contained the substance from which ricin is derived.
Authorities said the man, William Clyde Allen III, sent the envelopes with ground castor beans to the president, FBI Director Christopher Wray, along with then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, Adm. John Richardson, who at the time was the Navy’s top officer, and then-Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson. The letters were intercepted, and no one was hurt.
In 2014, a Mississippi man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after sending letters dusted with ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials.
Thanks. Nice try anyway, Scooter
Thanks. Nice try anyway, Scooter
Re: Thanks. Nice try anyway, Scooter
I was thinking in was Bicycle Bill.
Recall if you will, he wanted to take Trump out.
Recall if you will, he wanted to take Trump out.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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Re: Thanks. Nice try anyway, Scooter
If I was going to take out Trump it would be with something that would be sure to do the trick — like an IED underneath the cup of one of the holes on Mar-a-Lago that would be rigged to blow when he reaches in to remove his golf ball, not just sending some powder in the mail and hoping he inhales it. Although knowing Trump's proclivities for flouting the rules, he probably never plays out a hole but makes everyone concede him his ⃥p⃥u⃥t⃥z⃥ putts, so that idea is probably a no-go too.
Ah well. Time for me to go to bed. Sleep tight, everyone.
-"BB"-
Ah well. Time for me to go to bed. Sleep tight, everyone.
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If Trump should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord the news ain't fake.
I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If Trump should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord the news ain't fake.
-"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?