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FBI investigating after letter with white powder found at church in Benton; Speaker Mike Johnson’s office releases statement
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Posted on 02/19/2024 3:31:20 PM PST by TigerClaws

The FBI is investigating after a suspicious letter was found at a church in Benton Monday morning (Feb. 19).

The letter was found at Cypress Baptist Church on Palmetto Road in Benton and contained a white powder, the FBI says.

Deputies with the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office first responded to the scene. However, BPSO says Louisiana State Police has taken over the investigation. LSP says the investigation has now been turned over to the FBI.

The FBI says field tests conducted on the powder were negative. More testing will be performed at a local lab. The FBI says “even sending hoax letters is a serious crime.” Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, or local police. Tips can also be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov.

This church is also listed as the business address for Onward Christian Counseling Services, which is owned by Kelly Johnson. Kelly is the wife of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who is from northwest Louisiana.

The speaker’s office released this statement Monday afternoon:

“Earlier today, Speaker Johnson was made aware of a suspicious package sent to his home church in Louisiana. Speaker Johnson and the Johnson family thank U.S. Capitol Police, the FBI, the Louisiana State Police, and the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office for taking swift action and handling the situation professionally. As the investigation is ongoing, we will refer all further questions to law enforcement handling this matter.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benton; blackmail; bossierparish; cypressbaptistchurch; fbi; janesrevenge; mikejohnson; speakerofthehouse; suspiciouspackage; terrorism; threat; warning; whitepowder
Another “mostly peaceful” leftist?

Well. Biden did say he’d talk to the Speaker about that $95 billion…

1 posted on 02/19/2024 3:31:20 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

I remember when “white powder” used to be talc, now that’s outlawed.


2 posted on 02/19/2024 3:34:01 PM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: TigerClaws

“FBI Investigating”......I stopped right there


3 posted on 02/19/2024 3:46:39 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: BobL

“Deputies with the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office first responded to the scene. However, BPSO says Louisiana State Police has taken over the investigation. LSP says the investigation has now been turned over to the FBI.”

See how it works? The local cops were engaged in dealing with an envelope, but the state cops heard about it and wanted to take a look at it and decided to call in the Feds, who then turned it over to the FBI. That my children is what is happening in America. I am sure the local cops could have found a chemist to take a look at the white power and it would cost them nothing beyond their pay check.


4 posted on 02/19/2024 3:54:49 PM PST by WVNan (Only Trump. Never any other president. never ever again.)
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To: TigerClaws

The word chutzpah comes to mind

This woman is a menace.


5 posted on 02/19/2024 4:07:51 PM PST by stanne
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To: stanne

Wrong thread


6 posted on 02/19/2024 4:08:28 PM PST by stanne
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To: TigerClaws

Hunter : “Somebody say, ‘white powder’?”


7 posted on 02/19/2024 4:11:49 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: wardamneagle
Yeah, someone on their payroll sent it.

Like the J6 pipe bombs, Unite The Right, Patriot Front, Blood Tribe...

8 posted on 02/19/2024 4:32:17 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: TigerClaws

Leftists want us dead, precede accordingly.


9 posted on 02/19/2024 4:40:42 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GFLOBALISM ! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: TigerClaws

The credibility of the FBI has been whittled down to the nubs. Even a Democrat could see it.


10 posted on 02/19/2024 4:54:23 PM PST by lee martell
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To: TigerClaws

Round up the usual suspects, including the ones with badges.


11 posted on 02/19/2024 4:55:56 PM PST by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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To: nobody in particular

FBI probably planted it. Just another service the fbi provides


12 posted on 02/20/2024 11:22:03 AM PST by SGCOS (not vaccinated for covid and never will be. the vax is a killer.)
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