The FBI and NYPD are investigating a letter containing a dying menace and white powder that was mailed to Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg, whose workplace is investigating former President Donald Trump, law-enforcement sources advised NBC Information.
The letter was addressed to Bragg and mentioned, ““ALVIN: I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!” the sources mentioned. It contained a small quantity of white powder.
There have been no evacuations or accidents, officers mentioned.
In an announcement, the DA’s workplace mentioned the letter “was instantly contained and that the NYPD Emergency Service Unit and the NYC Division of Environmental Safety decided there was no harmful substance.”
Markings on the envelope point out it was mailed from Orlando, Florida earlier this week, the sources mentioned. It was postmarked on Tuesday, the sources mentioned.
The letter comes within the wake of Trump saying — falsely — that he can be arrested within the probe this previous Tuesday and that folks ought to “protest.” His rhetoric has grow to be extra heated within the days since, together with warning on his social media web site early Friday of “potential dying and destruction” if the DA indicts him.
An indictment within the case might come down as quickly as subsequent week, as there are indications the investigation is in its ultimate levels. NBC Information reported final week that legislation enforcement officers had already begun making ready safety precautions within the occasion of a doable indictment in discussions that embody the NYPD, New York State Court docket Officers, the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Job Pressure and the DA’s workplace.
