Rep. Cory Booker among the latest targets of suspicious pipe bomb packages

Officials say the latest packages were found at two postal facilities: one in Manhattan and the other in Florida.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is the latest target in a series of suspicious packages that contain pipe bombs being sent to prominent Democrats.

 

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is the latest target in a series of suspicious packages that contain pipe bombs being sent to prominent Democrats.

The package was discovered at a United States Postal Service facility in Royal Palm Beach, Florida. It is the 11th package in the last three days to be sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump.

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The previous 10 packages were addressed to Robert De Niro, former Attorney General Eric Holder, former CIA Director John Brennan, former President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and two each were sent to former Vice President Joe Biden and Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California.

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The package sent to Brennan was addressed to CNN’s New York offices and led to an evacuation of the building Wednesday. On Thursday, the packages addressed to Biden and De Niro were found at facilities in Delaware and New York.

A 12th package was discovered on Friday morning that was intended for former national intelligence director James Clapper – another loud opponent of Trump. While investigators have not released any leads on who the lead suspect(s) could be, it’s been said that the packages have largely originated in Florida.

According to NBC News, officials said they believed some of the packages may have passed through the U.S. mail sorting facility in Opa-locka.

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The return address on the packages were from Florida Congresswoman and former DNC chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz who lives in Sunrise, Florida – which is less than 20 miles north of Opa-locka and 40 miles from Royal Palm Beach.

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