At least 9 California federal lawmakers targeted in nationwide mail threat
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Set us as preferred At least nine federal lawmakers from California, including Sen.Alex Padilla, are among the dozens of elected officials and state election offices nationwide that have received suspicious letters containing a white powdery substance, prompting police responses and evacuations.The letters, which preliminary tests so far indicate do not contain a hazardous material, have been sent to both Democrat and Republican lawmakers, including California Reps.
Gil Cisneros (D-Covina); Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley Village) and Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), among others.Delivered just weeks before the hotly contested Nov.
3 general election, the letters have drawn bipartisan condemnation.Kiley said Friday that one of his staff members opened an envelope containing the substance and immediately placed it in a quarantine enclosure designed for such an incident.It prompted a response by the Roseville Fire Hazmat Task Force, and there were no reports of injuries.“This incident highlights — once again — why we need to bring down the temperature in our politics and embrace a return to civility and common sense,” Kiley posted on X.Panetta said an envelope containing the powder was delivered to his Santa Cruz district office and opened by a staff member, prompting the office to be evacuated, with staff later cleared by medical personnel.“Threats, fear-mongering, and violence against public servants have become far too common over the past decade and undermine our democracy,” Panetta said.
“But these attempts to intimidate us will not deter us from doing our job.”The nationwide incidents have prompted an investigation by the FBI, U.S.Postal Inspection Service and U.S.
Capitol Police, which was disclosed Thursday in a message from the Senate Sergeant at Arms.It said that law enforcement officials were working to int...