What we know about mail bombs sent to former presidents and prominent democrats

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What we know about mail bombs sent to former presidents and prominent democrats







Researchers are frantically searching for clues after a growing list of suspicious packages They were intercepted throughout the country, either on the way or delivered to the main Democratic figures, including two former Democratic presidents, and others.



As Thursday noon, the police authorities have confirmed that at least 10 devices have been found.



On Wednesday, officials said all packages contained an explosive device, adding that similar packages could still be there.



The FBI, ATF, Secret Service, Postal Inspection Service of the United States, New York Police and other authorities are investigating.



This is what we know about how events developed:





ABC News
Series of explosive devices discovered

Monday, October 22



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The entrance to a house owned by philanthropist George Soros is seen in Katonah, N.Y., a suburb of New York City, on October 23, 2018.



3:45 p.m.



A suspicious device is Found in the house of billionaire philanthropist George Soros.



His home is located about 50 miles north of Manhattan, in the city of Katonah, in Westchester County, New York.



It was discovered that the device was a pipe bomb loaded with explosive black powder and is believed to have been delivered by hand to the suburban home of Soros.



The bomb was found by a property keeper for the billionaire, a source in the law said. The caregiver told the investigators that he noticed a suspicious envelope as he walked towards the house. He dropped it in the woods away from the residence and called the Bedford Police Department, which sent the agents to the scene.





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The financier and philanthropist George Soros attends the official opening of the European Institute of Gypsies for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany on June 8, 2017 in Berlin.

Bedford police said the investigation was turned over to the FBI's Joint Task Force on Terrorism.



Soros, 88, was not at home when the device was discovered and no one was injured in the incident.



Tuesday, October 23



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Aerial view of Clinton's house in Chappaqua, N.Y., on October 24, 2018.

the Secret Service of the United States discovered a single package that was aimed at Hillary Clinton on October 23.



The Secret Service said in a statement that it was addressed "to former first lady Hillary Clinton in Westchester County."



Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have a house in the suburb of Chappaqua, where they have lived since they left the White House in 2000.



Former President Clinton was in his house at the time the package was found, according to a source familiar with the situation, who also emphasized that the package was examined and discovered outside the residence.



Wednesday, October 24



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A vehicle of the Uniform Division of the Secret Service of the USA. UU He is on duty at the end of the block where former President Barack Obama and his family live, and where an explosive device was sent on October 24, 2018 to Washington.



"Early this morning"



The third suspect device was found "early this morning," according to the Secret Service in a statement issued at approximately 9:35 a.m. The device was aimed at the residence of former President Barack Obama, but was "intercepted" by the Secret Service.



The Secret Service, referring to the packages sent to the Obamas and the Clintons, said that "they were identified immediately during routine mail detection procedures as possible explosive devices and handled properly as such." The protected did not receive the devices or run the risk of receiving them. "



The Naval District of Washington confirmed to ABC News that the Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling identified a suspicious package this morning. Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling is the home of the mail detection facilities of the Secret Service for the White House and the people under the protection of the Secret Service in D.C.





9:38 a.m.





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A member of the bomb squad of the New York Police Department appears in a photo in front of the Time Warner Center in Manahattan, on October 24, 2018, after a suspicious package was found inside the CNN headquarters in New York .

The fourth suspicious package was discovered at 9:38 a.m. at the Time Warner Center on the Columbus Circle in Manhattan. The Time Warner Center houses the CNN offices in New York.



Sources of the law inform that the package was discovered in the mail room and directed to the ex- director of the CIA John Brennan, although Brennan is a collaborator of NBC News and does not have public bonds with CNN.





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A photo of the device recovered from CNN by the NYPD bombing squad on October 24, 2018, as confirmed by two law enforcement officers.



10:09 a.m.



The CNN anchors were in the air at the time of the discovery and a fire alarm could be heard in the middle of the transmission.



Some floors of the building were evacuated, and eventually, the entire building.





12:04 p.m.



President Donald Trump shared a tweet from Vice President Mike Pence, denouncing the frustrated attacks.



"We condemn attempts to attack the Obama Dam, the Clintons, @ CNN and others, these cowardly actions are despicable and have no place in this country." Thankful for the rapid response of @SecretService, @FBI and the local authorities. before justice. " Pence wrote in her tweet, published at 11:14 a.m.



Trump retweeted Pence's publication and wrote: "I wholeheartedly agree."





12:30 pm.



Hillary Clinton was in Florida for a campaign event and made brief comments about the news about the package that was intercepted.



"Many of you and others in our country have asked about me and my family and I am very grateful for that. We are well thanks to the men and women of the Secret Service who intercepted the package addressed to us long before it reached our home. Every day we are grateful for your service and commitment ... never more than today, "Clinton said.





12:47 p.m.



Sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News that a suspicious package was also sent to former Attorney General Eric Holder.



The location and status of that Holder package remain unknown.



Holder was the attorney general of former President Obama.





12:50 p.m.





Kevin Coombs / Reuters
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner James O'Neill and Governor Andrew Cuomo hold a press conference outside the Time Warner Center in New York after a suspicious package was found inside the CNN headquarters. on October 24, 2018.

New York Police Department Commissioner James O'Neill revealed at a news conference that white powder was also found in the search after the discovery of the suspicious package of the Time Warner Center.



During the same press conference, the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, said that "a device was sent to my office in Manhattan." NYPD officials later determined that there was no device in Cuomo's office and that reports of a suspicious package were not related to the other incidents.



"We would not be surprised if additional devices are sent," said Cuomo.





13:00. 



Law sources told ABC News that the US Capitol Police is investigating at least one suspicious package containing a possible device that was intercepted at a congressional mail sorting facility in Maryland.



The Capitol Police bomb squad responded to the scene.



It was later determined that this package had been addressed to Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California.





2:23 p.m.



Trump spoke briefly at a previously scheduled White House event, calling the incidents "abominable" and "despicable acts."



"The safety of the American people is my highest and absolute priority," said Trump, noting that he "just concluded" an informational meeting with several law enforcement agencies about the packages.



"As we speak, the packages are being inspected by the best explosives experts and a major federal investigation is under way," he said.



"In these times we have to unite, we must unite," Trump said, adding that "the acts or threats of political violence of any kind do not take place in the United States of America."



"We are extremely angry, angry, unhappy with what we have witnessed this morning and will reach the bottom," Trump said.



First Lady Melania Trump also condemned the attacks, speaking at the same event moments before her husband.



"We can not tolerate these cowardly attacks and strongly condemn all those who choose violence," he said.





2:30 pm.





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A police bomb detonator is deployed outside the Time Warner Center after an explosive device was discovered this morning on October 24, 2018 in New York.

New York police confirmed that the previous suspect package at Cuomo's office in midtown Manhattan had no connection to the series of suspicious packages and that there was no device inside.





3 p.m.



Former President Bill Clinton made his first public statement, praising the work of the Secret Service.



"Thanks to the @SecretService and all the law enforcement agencies that responded to this week's incidents, they work tirelessly to keep our country and our communities safe, and I'm always grateful for their efforts," Clinton wrote on Twitter.







Thanks to the @Secret Service and all the police agencies that responded to this week's incidents. They work tirelessly to keep our country and our communities safe. I am always grateful for your efforts.

- Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) October 24, 2018



Approximately at 3:30 p.m.



Waters issued a statement on the package that was addressed to his congressional office in D.C.



"The US Capitol Police informed me that my office in Washington, DC, was the subject of a suspicious package that was forwarded to the FBI.I appreciate the law enforcement agencies that intercepted the package and are investigating This matter, condemn each and every one of the acts of violence and terror, "Waters said in a statement.



Approximately 3:50 p.m.



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The bomb squad of the Broward Sheriff's Office implements a robotic vehicle to investigate a suspicious package in the building where Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz has an office, on October 24, 2018, in Sunrise, Florida.

Sources familiar with the investigation shared new information about the package that had been sent to Holder, which was found in Florida.



Like the package that was addressed to Brennan, the Holder package had a response speech to Debbie Wasserman Shultz, a Democratic congresswoman and former chair of the Democratic National Committee.



The Holder package could not be delivered for any reason, the sources said, and was finally sent to Wasserman Shultz in Florida. It is not clear exactly why the package addressed to Holder could not be delivered.





7:55 p.m.





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The Processing and Distribution Center (P & DC) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) in Los Angeles, on October 24, 2018.

FBI special agents responded to a call at a US mail facility. UU In Los Angeles, where a package was sent to Waters. Special agents and bomb technicians are on the way to the scene.





Around 9:15 p.m.



The FBI published a list of five packages, which were aimed at Soros, Clinton, Obama, Brennan and Holder, earlier in the day, but on Wednesday night, an FBI source confirmed that they were investigating two additional packages.



"We have now confirmed two additional packages, both directed to Rep. Maxine Waters, which are similar in appearance to the other packages," the source said.



Waters first package was confirmed by the congresswoman in a statement earlier in the day, and it is believed that the second was found in Los Angeles, where the California congresswoman has an office.





At the end of the day on Wednesday, there were a total of seven packages confirmed by the police.



Thursday, October 25



Ron DePasquale / AP
A police officer blocks an area that responds to reports of a suspicious package in the Tribeca neighborhood in N.Y., October 25, 2018.



5:00 in the morning.



The security personnel in the lower Manhattan office of Robert De Niro's production company called the NYPD because they had seen a suspicious package addressed to the Oscar winner.



The package, found in the mail room of Tribeca Productions, was similar to those recovered on Wednesday.



The bomb squad responded and examined the package, with a similar device inside. It was discovered under X-rays.





5:20 a.m.



Several police sources with knowledge of the investigation in Los Angeles informed ABC News that the package found there on Wednesday night contained a live explosive device and that the device was consistent with those on the east coast.





6:30 a.m.





Obtained by ABC News
A suspicious device sent to actor Robert De Niro in New York City was intercepted at the beginning of October 25, 2018.

The suspicious package found in De Niro's office was removed and transported to the rank of New York police at Rodman's Neck in the Bronx in a truck bomb. A source for law enforcement told ABC News that it appears to be from the same sender as the previous packages.





8:36 a.m.



Former Vice President Joe Biden seems to have become the latest high-profile Democratic target, as multiple sources tell ABC News that a package was found for Biden at a postal facility in New Castle, Delaware. It had similarities with the other packages that recovered during the last three days.



The FBI and ATF responded to the installation as part of the ongoing investigation of improvised explosive devices sent to high-profile figures this week. The authorities now believe that this is a ninth package linked to the investigation.





10:35 a.m.



The FBI posted on Twitter that it found the discovery of a second device targeting Biden, which was also found in the state of residence of the former vice president, Delaware.



"The #FBI has confirmed three additional packages, similar in appearance to the others: one in New York addressed to Robert DeNiro, and two in Delaware addressed to former Vice President Joseph Biden," the FBI wrote on Twitter.







the #FBI has confirmed three additional packages, similar in appearance to the others: one in New York addressed to Robert DeNiro, and two in Delaware addressed to former Vice President Joseph Biden.

- FBI (@FBI) October 25, 2018

Law sources told ABC News that the second package was addressed to Biden and was found at a postal facility in Wilmington, Delaware.



The FBI and other authorities have responded to that location, according to an FBI spokesman.

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