Over the last 48 hours, seven pipe bombs have been sent to prominent political figures -- many of whom are critics of President Donald Trump.
New details continue to emerge about the delivery, contents and treatment of each of those packages -- most of which shared the same bulky, manila packaging and the same return address.
Here’s what we know about each one:
GEORGE SOROS
- A suspicious package was found in George Soros’ mailbox at his home in Bedford, New York, about 3:45 p.m. Monday. It was found by an employee, who threw it into the woods and phoned police.
- The package was in a manilla envelope and had multiple stamps on it. It appeared to be a working explosive, although analysis is pending further testing.
- The pipe bomb included some sort of device attached to it with black tape and wires. It arrived in a bulky manila envelope with six stamps on it. The address and return address was printed on white paper and taped to the manila folder.
- The device contained explosive powder, a law enforcement source told News 4. It was detonated as a precaution.
FORMER SEC. OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON
- Secret Service screeners reviewing mail to Hillary Clinton at an outside mail sorting facility find a potentially explosive device addressed to the former secretary of state
- Clinton was not home at the time; Her husband former President Bill Clinton was at home
- The package was in a manilla envelope and had multiple stamps on it. It appeared to be a working explosive, although analysis is pending further testing.
- The package listed a return address as one belonging to Debbie Wasserman Schultz
FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
- Routine mail screening turned up a suspicious and potentially explosive device Wednesday morning
- The package was in a manilla envelope and had multiple stamps on it. It appeared to be a working explosive, although analysis is pending further testing.
- The package listed a return address as one belonging to Debbie Wasserman Schultz
JOHN BRENNAN / CNN
- A suspicious package is discovered in CNN’s Manhattan mailroom mid-morning Wednesday, addressed to former CIA head John Brennan
- The parcel has a manila outer packaging and stamps on it
- The device inside the package appeared to be a “live explosive,” NYPD commissioner O’Neill said
- An envelope with white powder was also found in the packaging
- The device also included a parody image of the ISIS flag.
- The building was evacuated while the package is removed
ERIC HOLDER / DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ
- A suspicious device is intercepted at the Florida office of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Sunrise, Florida, Wednesday morning
- It is delivered in a bulky manila envelope with stamps on it
- The device is addressed to former Attorney General Eric Holder, but appears to have been delivered to the return sender listed on the mail: Wasserman Schultz
- Investigators believe the package addressed to Holder may have had the wrong address, which is why it was shipped back to the nominal sender (Schultz's return address). Schultz did not send the packages.
REP. MAXINE WATERS
- Two devices were sent to addresses for U.S. Rep Maxine Waters (D-California). One was intercepted at a U.S. Capitol mail facility in Maryland; the other was caught at a mail sorting facility in Los Angeles.
- The FBI said the two packages were "similar in nature" to the othe five.
- No other information was available about the devices
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
- Federal authorities are looking into the possibility that an eighth package, possibly addressed to former Vice PResident Joe Biden, was in the mail system.
- No package has been intercepted, but officials were looking into the possibility that one was spotted moving through the system.
- Nothing had been foundat Biden's home.
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
- Gov. Cuomo said a suspicious package was received at his Manhattan office Wednesday afternoon
- That package turned out to be a letter, not a device, a senior law enforcement source said. A Cuomo spokesman said the item appeared to contain computer files on the Proud Boys.
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