Posted on 09/19/2020 11:06:15 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
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A package containing the deadly poison ricin addressed to President Donald Trump was intercepted by law enforcement sometime this week, before it was delivered to the president, two law enforcement officials told CNN on Saturday. Two law enforcement officials also told CNBC about the ricin package that was addressed to Trump.
According to CNN, two tests were performed on the package, to confirm the presence of the deadly ricin poison, and the FBI, U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating the matter.
“The FBI and our U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Postal Inspection Service partners are investigating a suspicious letter received at a U.S. government mail facility. At this time, there is no known threat to public safety,” the FBI’s Washington field office said in a statement on Twitter.
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#FBIStatement: "The FBI and our U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Postal Inspection Service partners are investigating a suspicious letter received at a U.S. government mail facility. At this time, there is no known threat to public safety."
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The Times also reported letters containing were sent to federal offices in Texas. Law enforcement officials did not say how many letters containing ricin they have recovered.
Ricin is derived from castor beans and even a few granules of the poison can be deadly to an adult, according to The Daily Mail. Ricin can be made into a powder, pellet, mist or acid form.
Those poisoned with ricin experience nausea, vomiting and internal bleeding in their stomach and intestines, as well as failure to their kidneys, liver and spleen and then a shutdown of their circulatory system, resulting in death.
The poison has been used in past terror plots, including through mailed packages to American politicians and military leaders.
In October of 2018, ricin particles were detected in mail sent to the Pentagon, addressed to then-Defense Secretary James Mattis and to then-Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson.
In 2014, Walking Dead actress Shannon Richardson was convicted of sending envelopes with ricin in them to then-President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. She is now serving an 18-year prison sentence for the ricin plot.
I believe the point of mailing the poison was NOT that they expected the President to open the package, it was an act of TERROR ! A let’s “rise up” and kill the President clarion call.
The mainstream news stations would certainly be DELIGHTED and hyperventilate about the assassination attempt, and would likely subliminally encourage future efforts and try to expose weaknesses in White House security - “NEXT time, guys, use an RPG !!!” ( NOT to be confused with RBG, another kind of destructive unguided missle .. . )
Somebody getting into the castor beans again?
No weapon formed against President Trump shall prosper....
I figured he must have exceptional bodyguards.
What is it with you duplicate-post nazis?
Probably from his niece with the tell-all book and the alcoholic father.
Chappaqua postmark?
“Chappaqua postmark?”
LOL!
“I believe the point of mailing the poison was NOT that they expected the President to open the package.”
Right. I was just being sarcastic.
“it was ... a let’s “rise up” and kill the President clarion call.”
Yup. But it’s hard to imagine they could be any more focused on that than they’ve been for the last five years. Every day we pray for the safety of POTUS and family and associates.
what?
And then slaughter like pigs any marxist, blm or antifa slob that celebrates.
I know marxist is redundant in that statement.
He is well protected.
These idiots must think Trump goes to a mailbox like us.
In 2014, Walking Dead actress Shannon Richardson was convicted of sending envelopes with ricin in them to then-President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. She is now serving an 18-year prison sentence for the ricin plot.
She’s the red head (mommy) in the family photo, that sent ricin to Obama and Bloomberg.
First time I ever heard about this.
She must be mentally ill.It’a real shame...such a gorgeous family, without a mother.
First time that I heard about it (too) was in the article.
What a waste...
Fox News is reporting that a woman, yet unidentified, was arrested for this heinous act at the US Canada border.Breaking News.
I hope they throw the entire book at her. 20 years at least.
Just let her lose at my range. If she gets past 200 yds let her go. The over under is ten yards.
Am figuring his personal bodyguards are preferable to the Fraud’s Secret Service.
The perp, Pascale Ferrier, was threatening Trump over the upcoming 2020 election, wanting him to withdraw. TDS
Correct...peep was Pascale Ferrier, a dual citizen of Canada and France.
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