October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts

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October 2018 United States bombing attempts
One of the envelopes that contained explosives[1]
LocationUnited States
DateOctober 22–26, 2018
TargetDemocratic Party members and prominent critics of U.S. President Donald Trump[2][3]
Attack type
Attempted mail bombings
WeaponsPipe bombs
Deaths0
Injured0
ChargesInterstate transportation of an explosive
Illegal mailing of explosives
Threats against former presidents and certain other persons
Threatening interstate communications
Assaulting federal officers

In late October 2018, fourteen packages containing pipe bombs were mailed via the U.S. Postal Service to several prominent critics of U.S. President Donald Trump, including various Democratic Party politicians (Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Maxine Waters), actor Robert De Niro, billionaire investors George Soros and Tom Steyer, former CIA Director John O. Brennan, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.[2][5][6][7] No one was injured in the attempted attacks. The attacks prompted an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.[2] All 14 bombs sent were actual improvised explosive devices,[8] but none of the devices exploded outside of a controlled setting.[9]

The first pipe bomb was placed in the mailbox at Soros's home in Bedford, New York.[2][10] Later the same day, the United States Secret Service intercepted bombs addressed to Obama and Clinton.[2] CNN received one addressed to Brennan at its New York City studios in Time Warner Center, which was evacuated.[11][2]

A similar device sent to former U.S. Attorney General Holder, which had the wrong address, was instead delivered to the Florida office of U.S. Representative Wasserman Schultz, whose name and address were on the return labels of all of the packages.[12] U.S. Representative Waters was targeted with two packages intercepted by authorities, one in Washington, D.C. by the United States Capitol Police,[13] and another in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).[14] The New York City Police Department removed a package found in Tribeca at an office used by De Niro.[15] The FBI removed two packages found at postal facilities in Delaware, addressed to former Vice President Biden.[16] The next day authorities found bombs addressed to Senators Booker and Harris, plus Clapper and Steyer.[17][7]

A suspect, Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr., also referred to by some in the media as the "MAGA bomber",[18] was arrested in Plantation, Florida, on October 26, 2018, in connection with mailing the explosive devices.[19] The FBI is treating the investigation as domestic terrorism.[20] If convicted, Sayoc could face up to 58 years in prison.[21]

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– Packages were intercepted in Bedford and Chappaqua, New York, Los Angeles, New Castle and Wilmington, Delaware, New York City, Opa-locka and Sunrise, Florida, and Washington, D.C.

Incidents

The first discovered device targeted billionaire George Soros (left); other devices targeted high-profile Democratic politicians and public figures such as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (center) and former President Barack Obama (right).
Summary of incidents[6]
Date Intended target Location discovered
October 22 George Soros Katonah, New York (Soros residence)
October 23 Hillary Clinton Chappaqua, New York (intercepted by Secret Service)
October 24 Barack Obama Washington, D.C. (intercepted by Secret Service)
Eric Holder Sunrise, Florida (office of Debbie Wasserman Schultz)
Maxine Waters Los Angeles (postal facility)
Washington, D.C. (Capitol Hill post office)
John O. Brennan (via CNN) New York City (Time Warner Center)
October 25 Joe Biden New Castle, Delaware (post office)
Wilmington, Delaware (post office)
Robert De Niro New York City (De Niro's film production company)
October 26 James Clapper (via CNN) New York City (post office)
Cory Booker Opa-locka, Florida (postal facility)
Kamala Harris Sacramento, California (postal facility)
Tom Steyer Burlingame, California (postal facility)

October 22–23

A device was found in the mailbox at the home of George Soros in Katonah, New York, on October 22. Soros, a common target of conspiracy theorists, was absent. The employee who found the device carried it away to a wooden area where bomb squad officers safely detonated it.[22] A device addressed to Hillary Clinton was discovered the following evening and intercepted before it reached her home in Chappaqua, New York.[23]

October 24

Suspicious packages were also sent to, from left to right, former CIA Director John O. Brennan, U.S. Representative Maxine Waters, and former Attorney General Eric Holder. Due to a bad address, the office of U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, whose name was on the return labels of all of the packages, received the package meant for Holder.

A device addressed to former President Barack Obama was intercepted by the Secret Service during a mail screening in Washington, D.C. on October 24.[23] Additionally, a package containing an explosive and a suspicious powder was found in CNN's mail room in the Time Warner Center in New York City, addressed to former CIA Director John O. Brennan (misspelled as "Brenan").[24] CNN reported that law enforcement said the package was delivered by courier.[23] Brennan has served as a senior national security and intelligence analyst for MSNBC and NBC News since February 2018, but has appeared on CNN in the past.[25] The bomb alarm went off during CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto.[26] They left the building together with their colleagues Kate Bolduan and Athena Jones and kept reporting via Skype over a cellphone line.[27][28][29]

A suspicious package addressed to U.S. Representative Maxine Waters was intercepted by United States Capitol Police.[23] A package addressed to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder with the wrong address was returned to the purported sender, U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz.[23] A second package addressed to Waters led to the evacuation of a U.S. Postal Service facility in South Central Los Angeles.[14]

A building containing offices for U.S. Senator Kamala Harris and the San Diego Union-Tribune was evacuated due to a suspicious stack of postal boxes. Roads in downtown San Diego were closed for several hours Wednesday morning, but the contents were determined to be only random items.[30][31]

October 25

Packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and actor Robert De Niro were intercepted on October 25.

In the early morning hours of October 25, a package was found in Tribeca, New York City, addressed to actor Robert De Niro via his company TriBeCa Productions.[15]

Authorities also found a package in New Castle, Delaware, addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden (whose full name, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., was used). It was returned to the post office due to insufficient postage.[16] A second package meant for Biden, this one with a wrong address, was found at a facility in Wilmington, Delaware.[16]

The Miami-Dade Police Department and federal authorities believe several of the packages went through a mail processing and distribution center in Opa-locka, Florida, and searched the facility with a bomb squad and K-9 unit.[32]

October 26

Packages addressed to U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and billionaire Tom Steyer were intercepted on October 26.

Authorities found four packages similar to previous packages. One addressed to former National Intelligence Director James Clapper (which, like the one sent to John Brennan, had CNN's Time Warner Center address) was found in a New York City postal facility, while another addressed to U.S. Senator Cory Booker was found in a Florida postal facility.[17] Authorities later found a bomb addressed to U.S. Senator Kamala Harris in Sacramento, California, and one addressed to billionaire Tom Steyer in Burlingame, California.[33]

Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr. (aged 56) was arrested by authorities in Plantation, Florida, in connection with the explosive devices.[34] The suspect has a long criminal history.[35] A white Dodge Ram van covered in political stickers, many showing support for Donald Trump,[36] was also seized by authorities.[37] Sayoc's last known address was in Aventura, Florida, but he was living in his van at the time of his arrest.[38] Reports indicate that "soldering equipment, stamps, envelopes, paper, a printer and powder" were found in the van, suggesting that bombs could have been built inside the van.[39]

Devices and envelopes

The devices are believed to be pipe bombs. New York City Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill has stated that law enforcement also found an envelope containing white powder in the package sent to CNN.[40] The device sent to CNN was adorned with a meme parody ISIL flag with the inscription "Get 'Er Done",[41] a catchphrase of standup comedian Larry the Cable Guy.[42] A law enforcement official told reporters that the devices sent to Clinton and Obama were similar in design to the one that was sent to Soros.[43] John Miller, the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) Head of Intelligence and Counter-terrorism, stated that all the confirmed bombs appeared to come from the same person or persons.[44]

According to The New York Times, the device sent to Soros's house was constructed from a length of PVC pipe about six inches (150 mm) long filled with explosive powder, and was proactively detonated by bomb squad technicians.[45] Authorities reported that the devices recovered October 24 were packed with shards of glass.[9] According to the Associated Press, a law enforcement official says tests have determined that the powder found inside an envelope delivered to CNN along with a pipe bomb was harmless.[46] The bombs also contained pyrotechnic powder but lacked a triggering mechanism; the FBI described them as "potentially destructive devices."[47] Law enforcement officials told Associated Press the devices contained batteries and timers but were not rigged to explode when they opened.[48] At a press conference following the arrest of the suspect, FBI Director Christopher Wray described the bombs as improvised explosive devices, stating that they were "not hoax devices."[49]

The text on the envelopes was typed in all capital letters. They were labeled with the return address of the office of Wasserman Schultz in Sunrise, Florida. All contained the same spelling errors (Schultz was misspelled "Shultz" and Florida was misspelled "Florids").[12] All of the packages were sent in yellow manila envelopes lined with bubble wrap and given a printed label and six Forever stamps.[45] Photographs of the package delivered to the CNN mail room were posted to Twitter by Jim Sciutto and Jim Acosta.[24][50]

Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Secret Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the United States Postal Inspection Service, NYPD, Los Angeles Police Department, Miami-Dade Police Department and other law enforcement agencies are investigating the mailing of the devices and the intent of the sender.[12][32][51] Images of envelopes taken by the U.S. Postal Service's Mail Isolation Control and Tracking system have been examined as part of the investigation.[2]

Several of the mail bomb packages were sent to the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, for inspection.[2] A fingerprint found on one of the packages and DNA on two other packages pointed to Sayoc as the suspect.[52] He was identified through video surveillance near a South Florida post office, and located by tracking his cell phone.[53] He was arrested in the parking lot of an AutoZone store in Plantation.[54] Video footage of the arrest scene showed a van being towed towards Miramar, Florida; the van was covered with images of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, along with a sticker that read "CNN Sucks".[36][54] Other stickers on the van showed Clinton, Obama and other liberal public figures with crosshair designs "on their faces."[55]

Suspect

A mugshot of Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr. in 2015

On October 26, an arrest was made in South Florida of 56-year-old Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr. (born March 17, 1962)[56] in connection with the series of explosive devices.[4][57][38] Sayoc's last known address was in Aventura, Florida, but he was living in his Dodge Ram van at the time of his arrest.[38]

Sayoc has a long criminal history.[58] In 2002, he pleaded guilty for calling in a bomb threat to Florida Power & Light.[59][60] In the past three decades he has been arrested multiple times on charges including theft, battery, and drug possession, with convictions in 1991, 2013, and 2014.[61]

Sayoc graduated from North Miami Beach High School in 1980.[62] He attended Brevard College for three semesters starting in 1980 and transferred to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1983 where he played on the school's soccer team but did not declare a major.[63]

Sayoc's home was foreclosed in 2009 and he filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2012 after accumulating over $21,000 in debt.[63] At the time he said he was employed as a store manager of Hassanco Investments in Hollywood, Florida. State records list him as manager or president of two now-inactive Hallandale Beach businesses called Native American Catering & Vending LLC (2016–2017) and Proud Native American One Low Price Drycleaning (2001–2002).[62] Sayoc worked part time making deliveries for a pizzeria in Fort Lauderdale for a year, from January 2017–January 2018.[64] At the time of his arrest he was working as a DJ and doorman at a West Palm Beach strip club.[65] Sayoc was formerly a stripper for ten years as well as a body builder and had abused steroids. Sayoc claimed during a 2014 deposition he played for A.C. Milan and the Arizona Rattlers, which both teams have denied. He also said he was a partner in Chippendales, who couldn't confirm his story.[66]

Sayoc's van was seized when he was apprehended. The van's windows were covered with multiple stickers including flags, images of "liberal figures framed in crosshairs", and posters supporting Trump.[36][61][67][68][69] Some posters also supported the "unconquered Seminoles", a Native American tribe. Sayoc has been described as proudly claiming Native American heritage,[61] although the Seminole Tribe of Florida said there was no record of his being a member or employee of the tribe.[70] His father is a Filipino immigrant and his mother was born in the Bronx, having Italian heritage.[71][72] His father abandoned him as a child.[73] He was born in Brooklyn and moved to Florida as a child.[62]

Sayoc is a registered Republican.[4][57][38] A supporter of Trump, Sayoc filmed himself wearing a MAGA hat at one of the president's rallies.[18] The Miami New Times reports he was active in social media, where he was known for his extreme views and frequently posted pro-Trump and anti-liberal messages and memes.[74]

Sayoc is charged with five federal crimes:[58] "interstate transportation of an explosive"; 'illegal mailing of explosives"; "threats against former presidents and certain other persons"; "threatening interstate communications"; and "assaulting federal officers."[75] The charges were filed by federal prosecutors of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.[76] A report the next day indicated that "soldering equipment, stamps, envelopes, paper, a printer and powder" were found in the van, suggesting that bombs may have been built inside the van.[77]

Reactions

Political

"President Trump Condemns Mailing of Explosive Devices to Democrats", from a speech made at the White House on October 24 (video from Voice of America)

Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton both thanked the Secret Service for intercepting the package; Hillary Clinton said "Every day we are grateful for their commitment, and obviously never more than today, but it is a troubling time isn't it? And its a time of deep divisions, and we have to do everything we can to bring our country together."[78] John Brennan pointed directly to Trump's rhetoric, saying that Trump "fuels these feelings and sentiments that now are bleeding over into potential acts of violence ... Unfortunately, I think Donald Trump, too often, has helped to incite some of these feelings of anger, if not violence, when he points to acts of violence or also talks about, you know, swinging at somebody from the press or the media."[78]

Several sources pointed out that some of the targets of the mailings, such as Clinton and Waters, are people that Trump routinely attacks at his campaign rallies – his "favorite punching bags."[79][80] New York Mayor Bill de Blasio described the packages as "an act of terror" and stated that all politicians must stop encouraging attacks on media.[81] Biden said of the attempts, "we've got to turn off this hate machine."[82] Wasserman Schultz responded saying, "We will not be intimidated by this attempted act of violence. This appalling attack on our democracy must be vigorously prosecuted, and I am deeply disturbed by the way my name was used."[83] Waters said, "I don't know whether the bombs are real or not, but we should not crawl under the bed, close the doors, not go out, be afraid to go to rallies. We have to keep to doing what we're doing in order to make this country right; that's what I intend to do, and as the young people say, I ain't scared."[84]

Donald Trump

Trump held a midterm campaign rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, on October 24, during the height of the incident. He said of the bombings:

My highest duty, as you know, as President, is to keep America safe. That's what we talk about. That's what we do. The federal government is conducting an aggressive investigation and we will find those responsible and we will bring them to justice. Hopefully very quickly. Any acts or threats of political violence are an attack on our democracy, itself. No nation can succeed that tolerates violence or the threat of violence as a method of political intimidation, coercion, or control. We all know that. Such conduct must be fiercely opposed and firmly prosecuted. We want all sides to come together in peace and harmony. We can do it. We can do it. We can do it. It will happen.[85]

The next day, Trump claimed on Twitter that the mainstream media were largely responsible for anger present in American society.[86] His comments were echoed by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who said that Trump had urged the public to come together and had sent a very clear, strong unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence had no standing in the U.S. Sanders then attacked statements by CNN President Jeff Zucker, claiming that he "chose to attack and divide."[87] Trump also tweeted against the media, on October 24, stating; "Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blame me for the current state 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!'"[88]

Appearing before a group of young black conservatives an hour after the arrest, Trump praised the swift action by law enforcement and promised "swift and certain justice." He added, "We must never allow political violence to take root in America. We cannot let it happen. I am committed to do everything in my power as president to stop it and stop it now." A few minutes later he attacked Democrats and the media, to cheers from the crowd.[89] Later in the day he told reporters that he was in no way to blame for the attacks and had no plans to do anything differently. Asked if he might tone down his rhetoric in response to the mail bombs, he replied, "Tone down, no. Could tone up. I think I've been toned down, if you want to know the truth."[90]

On October 26, Trump claimed that news coverage of the pipe bombs targeting Democratic politicians and critics of his policies had drowned out other news stories and slowed Republican voting in the mid-term election. He tweeted, "Republicans were doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this 'Bomb' stuff happens and the momentum greatly slows – news not talking politics. Very unfortunate, what is going on."[91]

Media

CNN President Jeff Zucker said about the mailings, "There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media. The president, and especially the White House press secretary, should understand their words matter. Thus far, they have shown no comprehension of that."[92]

Following the news of the events, the hashtag "#MAGABomber" began trending on Twitter, a portmanteau of "bomber" and Trump's 2016 campaign slogan, "MAGA" (Make America Great Again).[93][94][95]

Conspiracy theories

The incident has been the subject of conspiracy theories claiming the events are part of a false flag operation, that the attacks were staged by those who hoped to cast the blame on Trump supporters.[96] When the incidents were first reported, columnist Kurt Schlichter and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones issued social media posts and articles through Infowars to assert their belief that the incidents were false flags, a "super convenient turn of events", and a potential "political stunt." Many of the comments were deleted as more information was received about the case.[97]

After having been started by overtly conspiracist outlets, the false flag narrative was later picked up by some mainstream conservatives.[98][99] Commentator Rush Limbaugh insisted that Republicans could not be responsible for the packages, claiming that "Republicans just don't do this kind of thing. Even though every event, like mass shootings, remember, every mass shooting there is, the Democrats in the media try to make everybody think right off the bat that some tea partier did it, or some talk radio fan did it, or some Fox News viewer did it. Turns out, it's never, ever the case." Limbaugh instead raised unsubstantiated claims that the perpetrator might have been a "Democrat operative ... attempting to create the appearance that there are mobs everywhere."[100][101][102] Other right-wing commentators who tried to spread the "false flag" conspiracy theories included Ann Coulter, Dinesh D'Souza, Bill Mitchell, Michael Savage, James Woods, Frank Gaffney, Candace Owens and Laura Loomer.[103][104]

Others

Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University and a scholar at the Cato Institute, reported that he was the subject of death threats from Sayoc made on Facebook in April 2018. Sayoc threatened to kill Somin and his family and "feed the bodies to Florida alligators". At the time, Somin's Facebook friends reported the comments to Facebook, which didn't do anything except send back automated messages. Somin also reported the incident to George Mason University police and Arlington law enforcement.[105]

Democratic strategist Rochelle Ritchie had also received a threatening tweet from Sayoc on October 11 that said, “Hug your loved ones real close every time you leave you home.” which Twitter initially failed to act upon. Sayoc's account was suspended after his arrest and Twitter has since apologized to Ritchie.[106]

See also

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