'AN ACT OF TERROR' Packages sent to 7 targets, CNN, Obamas, Clintons, Soros, Cuomo, Holder, Maxine Waters

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS STORY, AND WILL BE UPDATED. Authorities in New York are holding a press conference on 7 or more suspicious packages, some of which contained pipe bombs, sent to political targets, mostly in New York state. On the face of it, the coordinated attack appears to be an attempt to assassinate up to 7 different perceived political enemies of President Donald Trump.

One or more of the packages also contained envelopes that had an unknown white powder inside.

All of the targets are perceived as activist Democrats.

Targets include former first families the Obamas and the Clintons, NY governor Andrew Cuomo, philanthropist George Soros, the headquarters of CNN in New York, and former Attorney General Eric Holder. An additional package addressed to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) was intercepted at a U.S. Congress mail facility, which was not located on-site where the congresswoman works.

The bomb sent to Holder ended up being re-routed to the return address of Florida Democratic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, in Florida. There was no package addressed to her, but multiple packages had her address as the return address.

The CNN package got all the way into the mailroom.

During the live TV briefing, New York governor Andrew Cuomo revealed that his office in Manhattan also received a package similar to the ones sent to others, which contained explosive devices.

Suspicious package @NYGovCuomo said was sent to his midtown NYC office contained no device of any kind, according to @NYPDnews.

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) October 24, 2018

An ATF official said during the press conference that the device sent to CNN was a pipe bomb. Read the rest