Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.

The explosive devices were packed in envelopes with bubble-wrap interiors bearing six American flag stamps and the return address of Florida Rep. The list of bombing targets spread from New York, Delaware and Washington, D.C., to Florida and California. Clean up your act….try to act Presidential.”ĬNN didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment before business hours Friday. “Your inflammatory rhetoric, insults, lies, & encouragement of physical violence are disgraceful. Nor would they say why none of the packages had detonated, but they stressed they were still treating them as “live devices.” Trump claimed on Friday he was being blamed for the mail bombs addressed to his critics, complaining in a tweet sent before dawn: “Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing this to September 11th and the Oklahoma City bombing, yet when I criticize them they go wild and scream, ‘it’s just not Presidential!’”Īt a press conference Thursday, officials in New York would not discuss possible motives or details on how the packages found their way into the U.S.

Related: Investigators zero in on crude bombs as clues to motive Related: The latest: Crude pipe bombs sent to Obama, Clintons, CNN no injuries The common thread among them was obvious: their critical words for Trump and his frequent, harsher criticism in return. The targets have included Obama, Hillary Clinton, CNN and Rep. New details about the devices came as the four-day mail bomb scare spread nationwide, drawing investigators from dozens of federal, state and local agencies in the effort to identify one or more perpetrators. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, in an interview Thursday night with Fox News Channel, acknowledged that some of packages originated in Florida. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation by name.

Investigators are homing in on a postal facility in Opa-locka, Florida, where they believe some of the packages originated, another official said. A search of a postal database suggested at least some may have been mailed from Florida, one official said. But they were uncertain whether the devices were poorly designed or never intended to cause physical harm. Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that the devices, containing timers and batteries, were not rigged like booby-trapped package bombs that would explode upon opening. Investigators were analyzing the innards of the crude devices to reveal whether they were intended to detonate or simply sow fear just before Election Day.

An earlier package had been sent to former Obama CIA Director John Brennan in care of CNN in New York. The one discovered at a Manhattan postal facility was addressed to Clapper c/o CNN. The FBI said the package to Booker was intercepted in Florida. The discoveries brought to 12 the total number of devices addressed in recent days to Democratic figures including former President Barack Obama, former Vice-President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper - and similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats - have been intercepted, the FBI said Friday, as investigators scrambled from coast to coast to locate the culprit and motives behind a bizarre plot aimed at critics of President Donald Trump. Suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen.

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