A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to Trump intercepted by law enforcement

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(CNN) A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to President Donald Trump was intercepted by law enforcement earlier this week, according to two law enforcement officials.

Two tests were done to confirm the presence of ricin. All mail for the White House is sorted and screened at an offsite facility before reaching the White House.

A US law enforcement official told CNN that investigators are looking into the possibility the ricin package sent to Trump came from Canada.

Mary-Liz Power, chief spokeswoman for Canada's Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair, said in a statement, "We are aware of the concerning reports of packages containing ricin directed toward US federal government sites. Canadian law enforcement is working closely with their US counterparts. As this is an active investigation we cannot comment further."

The FBI and Secret Service are investigating the matter.

Steelwolf73 on September 19th, 2020 at 20:34 UTC »

Did people really forget the post 9/11 anthrax attacks? Sending anything to any politician with the hopes of harming them is all but guaranteed to fail, especially after the panic they caused

Nice_Bake on September 19th, 2020 at 20:03 UTC »

I can only imagine the package as a brown paper and string deal with a shoddy label with TRUMP and WHITE HOUSE written on it in sharpie.

TheSameAsDying on September 19th, 2020 at 19:49 UTC »

Someone just fucked their whole life.