Suspect detained for allegedly sending ricin-tainted letter to White House

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NEW: A suspect who allegedly sent a letter containing the deadly poison ricin to the White House has been detained trying to enter the U.S. from Canada, a federal law enforcement official says.

The FBI said Saturday that it was investigating a suspicious letter addressed to President Donald Trump that had been intercepted.

It wasn’t clear when the letter was sent or where it was intercepted. Law enforcement officials said the poison, which is highly toxic and can cause nausea, vomiting, organ failure and death, was detected at an off-site facility that screens mail addressed to the White House.The suspect allegedly sent other letters to federal prisons that were discovered in different facilities, an official told NBC News Saturday.

 

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Where the heck do people get ricin?

I am boycotting anything black--TV shows, movies, ads, etc.

Fake news folks. Trump just wants to be the top story.

Nice try!

Probably a relative Velishi

If he sent it to a Democrat, Trump would call him a hero and tell Barr not to prosecute him, that’s how far our country has fallen thanks to Trump and his GOP sycophants.

Come on man! What is the suspect's name? Is it; Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Nadler, Jackson, Waters, or the infamous Clinton, Obama, Harris, the squad, or Biden? Inquiring minds want to know!

THAT IS SO STUPID! I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DO STUFF LIKE THAT TO THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY! OUR LADY OF ALL NATIONS, PLEASE PRAY FOR US!

If there was a $20 bill in that envelope or the phone number of a porn star the letter probably would have gotten to realDonaldTrump He probably ordered such mail is to be immediately placed on his desk.

Like he would ever open his own mail?

Sounds like a hoax

Build the wall...Canada will pay for it

😮😮😮😮

Give them the death penalty

It’s all a Hoax - 🤡

not even an American....everyone hates you realDonaldTrump !

Instead of defending ' We The People's 'rights the Republican Party and Senate are of a vicious 'our way or highway' mentality and 'To Hell With We The People' type of government and democracy.

NO ONE gives a damn about someone trying to poison him...

Walter White still alive? I knew he faked his death, that brilliant mother fuker.

You know...IMPOTUS45 and “gang” have lied SO much...I don’t know if I believe this? He and Putin probably sent it.

She must be nuts!

Not true-this is a dirtytricks in service of realDonaldTrump GOPPLOT

No person is illegal, right?

They need to just catch trump out on one of his golf corses...

Why the fuck would someone who sent ricin in the mail to the president, knowing the letter was stopped & then publicly announced, enter the country of said president while the govt is looking for them? During a pandemic, with closed borders And they’re Canadian? This stinks.

Sure.

Amateur.

Democratic Party paid terrorist now attacking American farmers

Justin Trudeau?

To BUNKER BOY and JARRRRED can you STOP THE BS and close the horror room in the basement of the WH.

Which democrats are they trying to sway with this news? I don’t think so. Tomorrow the news will be : “The package was found to be a cheese burger from McDonald’s. This is a great effort by law enforcement to quickly identify the source of the cheese. Which is Green Bay, WI”

Need a wall up north. They are presidential assassins.

Build that wall and have Canada pay for it.

I never realized they stopped Melania at the border

Speaking as a Canadian, many of us are not huge fans of President Trump, but we certainly don't want to cause harm to him. I'm not sure why that person tried to cross a closed border or where he obtained ricin, but I'd sure like to hear more details.

This sounds like a set-up by the desperate Trump regime to gain sympathy and blame a made-up enemy.

What a dumb criminal.

Look deep into this one, it is a hoax set up by the Trump campaign themselves. Look into the money trail of this ‘alleged person’

Let’s see who paid him - I’m sure Soros is behind it or BLM

Cheeky fkrs

From Canada? Not the southern border?

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