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Suspected bombs sent to prominent Trump critics 'an act of terror'
Potential explosives sent to homes of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, as CNN’s New York studios and Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s offices in Florida were evacuated
Pipe bombs have been sent to prominent critics of Donald Trump, authorities said on Wednesday, spreading terror in the US less than two weeks before the midterm elections.
Packages containing suspected explosives were sent to the homes of the former president Barack Obama and the former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton but intercepted by the US Secret Service.
Another suspect package, addressed to the former attorney general Eric Holder, was discovered before reaching its target. The FBI also reported finding two suspicious packages addressed to the Democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters. Federal investigators were additionally trying to track down a suspicious package they believe was addressed to Joe Biden, a US official told Reuters.
And CNN evacuated its studios in New York after what police called a “live explosive device” was found in its mailroom. The package was addressed to John Brennan, the former CIA director, who has repeatedly clashed with Trump.
On Wednesday night the packages were being analyzed by the FBI at its lab in Virginia.
The packages were found after the discovery on Monday of a bomb in a mailbox at the New York home of George Soros, the billionaire liberal donor. The FBI said that device and at least four others found so far were in matching envelopes with similar address labeling and stamps.
Some Democrats expressed fears that party figures were coming under attack in advance of the 6 November congressional elections. James O’Neill, the New York police commissioner, said the recipients may have been selected because of their opposition to Trump. “It is of concern to us,” O’Neill said.
An urgent manhunt was underway for the person or people behind the bombs.
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, described the attempted bombings as “an act of terror”. Asked if he linked the incidents to Trump’s praise
week for the violent assault of a Guardian journalist, De Blasio said politicians must stop encouraging attacks on the media. “And that has to start at the top,” he said.
Speaking at an event in Florida, Hillary Clinton said the US was in a “troubling time” and condemned divisive rhetoric by politicians. “We have to do everything we can to bring our country together,” said Clinton. “We also have to elect candidates who will try to do the same.”
Brennan suggested that he may have been targeted because of his past criticisms of Trump. “His rhetoric, I think, too frequently fuels these feelings and sentiments that now are bleeding over into, potentially, acts of violence,” the former CIA director said during an event in Austin, Texas. “A lot of this rhetoric really is counterproductive, it is un-American, it is what a president should not be doing.”
Brennan added: “One could make an argument that it has emboldened individuals to take matters into their own hands. So when he compliments individuals who have in fact body-slammed others, or that he’s going to pay the legal bill of who takes a swing at somebody, that can only be seen as encouragement and incitement.”
Suspected bombs sent to prominent Trump critics 'an act of terror'
Suspected bombs sent to prominent Trump critics 'an act of terror'
Potential explosives sent to homes of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, as CNN’s New York studios and Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s offices in Florida were evacuated
Pipe bombs have been sent to prominent critics of Donald Trump, authorities said on Wednesday, spreading terror in the US less than two weeks before the midterm elections.
Packages containing suspected explosives were sent to the homes of the former president Barack Obama and the former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton but intercepted by the US Secret Service.
Another suspect package, addressed to the former attorney general Eric Holder, was discovered before reaching its target. The FBI also reported finding two suspicious packages addressed to the Democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters. Federal investigators were additionally trying to track down a suspicious package they believe was addressed to Joe Biden, a US official told Reuters.
And CNN evacuated its studios in New York after what police called a “live explosive device” was found in its mailroom. The package was addressed to John Brennan, the former CIA director, who has repeatedly clashed with Trump.
On Wednesday night the packages were being analyzed by the FBI at its lab in Virginia.
The packages were found after the discovery on Monday of a bomb in a mailbox at the New York home of George Soros, the billionaire liberal donor. The FBI said that device and at least four others found so far were in matching envelopes with similar address labeling and stamps.
Some Democrats expressed fears that party figures were coming under attack in advance of the 6 November congressional elections. James O’Neill, the New York police commissioner, said the recipients may have been selected because of their opposition to Trump. “It is of concern to us,” O’Neill said.
An urgent manhunt was underway for the person or people behind the bombs.
Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, described the attempted bombings as “an act of terror”. Asked if he linked the incidents to Trump’s praise
week for the violent assault of a Guardian journalist, De Blasio said politicians must stop encouraging attacks on the media. “And that has to start at the top,” he said.
Speaking at an event in Florida, Hillary Clinton said the US was in a “troubling time” and condemned divisive rhetoric by politicians. “We have to do everything we can to bring our country together,” said Clinton. “We also have to elect candidates who will try to do the same.”
Brennan suggested that he may have been targeted because of his past criticisms of Trump. “His rhetoric, I think, too frequently fuels these feelings and sentiments that now are bleeding over into, potentially, acts of violence,” the former CIA director said during an event in Austin, Texas. “A lot of this rhetoric really is counterproductive, it is un-American, it is what a president should not be doing.”
Brennan added: “One could make an argument that it has emboldened individuals to take matters into their own hands. So when he compliments individuals who have in fact body-slammed others, or that he’s going to pay the legal bill of who takes a swing at somebody, that can only be seen as encouragement and incitement.”
Suspected bombs sent to prominent Trump critics 'an act of terror'
