FBI investigates suspicious mailings sent to US election and congressional offices
The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating suspicious letters sent to election officials and congressional offices across the country, some containing an unidentified white powder. Several letters were intercepted before delivery, while others prompted evacuations and emergency responses less than three weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Election offices in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Delaware and Wisconsin reported receiving letters containing powder. Louisiana’s secretary of state office was evacuated after an employee opened one Tuesday; the employee was taken to an emergency room as a precaution but was not injured, and authorities found no harmful substance. Officials also deemed the substances received in Oklahoma and Wisconsin non-hazardous.
Letters addressed to election offices in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Idaho were intercepted, according to Reuters. Congressional …