Bombs Packages Send To Obama, Clinton As Explosives Scare Rock CNN

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Explosive devices and suspicious packages have been sent to leading Democratic figures and CNN, officials said Wednesday — just days after a bomb was found in the mailbox of billionaire George Soros.
An explosive device was discovered early Wednesday at Hillary and Bill Clinton’s Chappaqua home, while another one addressed to former President Barack Obama was intercepted in Washington, DC, officials said.
CNN evacuated its Manhattan headquarters when a suspicious package containing a device was found there — addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, law enforcement sources told The Pos
Hillary and Bill Clinton’s home in Chappaqua, New York.for New York Post
And the Florida office of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was also evacuated due to a suspicious package, according to the Miami Herald.
Wasserman Schultz was listed as the return address on the package. It was originally sent to former US Attorney General Eric Holder’s, but bounced back to Wasserman Schultz due to a bad address, according to the paper.
Wasserman Schultz was also listed as the return address on the bombs sent to CNN and Soros’ house in Katonah, NY, law enforcement source told The Post.
The device found in the mailroom of the Time Warner Center at 10 Columbus Circle, was constructed with a pipe and wires, cops said.
Brennan, the name listed on the package, is a contributor to NBC News, but has appeared on CNN in the past.
The evacuation included offices for WarnerMedia and other Turner-owned properties like TNT, as well as a shopping mall and a Whole Foods store in the basement level, according to CNN
“This morning, New Castle PD assisted the FBI, Secret Service and the Westchester County Police with the investigation of a suspicious package. The matter is currently under federal investigation,” New Castle police, who cover Chappaqua, said in a statement.
In a statement, the Secret Service said “it has intercepted two suspicious packages addressed to Secret Service protectees,” identified as Hillary Clinton and Obama.
A Secret Service employee who screens mail for Clinton discovered the device late Tuesday, while agency personnel intercepted the device addressed to Obama in Washington, DC, early Wednesday.
“The packages were immediately identified during routine mail screening procedures as potential explosive devices and were appropriately handled as such,” the Secret Service said.
“The protectees did not receive the packages nor were they at risk of receiving them,” it said.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the Trump administration condemned the “attempted violent attacks” against the Clintons, Obama and other public figures.
“These terrorizing acts are despicable, and anyone responsible will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” she said in a statement.
“The United States Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies are investigating and will take all appropriate actions to protect anyone threatened by these cowards.”
Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, reacted to the incidents on Twitter.
“As someone whose family has directly been the victim of these mail threats I condemn whoever did this regardless of party or ideology,” he wrote. “This crap has to stop and I hope they end up in jail for a long time.”
Last month, a Massachusetts man pleaded guilty to sending a letter filled with white powder to Trump Jr. that his now-estranged wife, Vanessa, opened. She had to be hospitalized after reporting feeling nauseous and coughing.
In Monday’s case, an employee at Soros’ home opened a package and found the device, according to Bedford police.
The employee placed the package in a wooded area near the home, which is one of three listed for the wealthy investor in that area of the town, and called the cops around 3:45 p.m.
The device had black powder on it, law enforcement sources have told The Post.
According to the New York Times, bomb squad technicians “proactively” detonated the device and it didn’t explode on its own. The 88-year-old Holocaust survivor wasn’t home at the time.
In recent days, some people have falsely claimed that Soros funded a caravan of migrants moving north in Mexico toward the US border.
New York Post

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