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An envelope containing a toxic substance is intercepted on its way to the White House
U.S. law enforcement agencies are conducting an investigation following a "suspicious letter" sent to the White House and to President Trump that, according to a U.S. official, contains ricin-type poison inside.
The FBI is trying to find out where and from whom the letter was sent, making it clear that "there is no danger to public safety."
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Sunday, September 20, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
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U.S. government officials have intercepted an envelope for the White House containing ricin-type poison, a senior U.S. law enforcement official said Saturday night.
According to the senior official, the letter was intercepted at a government facility that scans mail addressed to the White House and US President Donald Trump.
Preliminary investigation of the envelope that was intercepted revealed that it contains a substance of the ricin type, a poison that is found naturally in the beans of the castor plant.
The senior official was not allowed to discuss the ongoing investigation in public and said the things anonymously.
Federal investigators are trying to determine where the envelope was sent from and who sent it.
The investigation is being led by FBI investigators, the United States Secret Service and the United States Department of Postal Services.
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The letter was thwarted at a government facility that scans mail addressed to the White House and President Trump.
The White House (Photo: AP)
A statement from the FBI said the organization's agents were investigating "a suspicious letter received at the U.S. government's mail facility" and that there was no "danger to public safety."
In 2018, a former U.S. Navy soldier was arrested after admitting he sent envelopes containing the material from which ricin is extracted to President Trump and members of his administration.
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Also in 2018 an envelope containing poison was sent to Trump.
Donald Trump (Photo: Reuters)
Authorities said at the time that former soldier William Clyde Allen III had sent the envelopes with the castor beans to the president, the head of the FBI, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the head of the CIA, and senior U.S. Navy and Air Force officers.
In this case, too, the letters were intercepted and no one was harmed.
In 2014, a man from Mississippi was sentenced to 25 years in prison after sending letters scattering dust, to President Barack Obama and other senior officials.
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