October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts information
Series of mail bombing attempts to high profile figures in the United States
October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts
One of the envelopes that contained explosives[1]
Location
United States
Date
October 22, 2018 (2018-10-22) – November 1, 2018 (2018-11-01)
Target
CNN and thirteen Democratic Party members and prominent critics of U.S. President Donald Trump[2][3]
Attack type
Attempted mail bombings, domestic terrorism
Weapons
Pipe bombs
Deaths
0
Injured
0
Perpetrator
Cesar Sayoc Jr.[4]
Motive
Pro-Trump, far-right extremism (see also § Motives)
From October 22 to November 1, 2018, 16 packages found to contain pipe bombs were mailed via the U.S. Postal Service to several Democratic Party politicians and other prominent critics of U.S. President Donald Trump. Targets included former U.S. President Barack Obama, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Other people who were sent packages included three Democratic members of Congress: Representative Maxine Waters, Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, two former intelligence chiefs: ex-CIA Director John Brennan and ex-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper; two billionaire Democratic donors and activists: George Soros and Tom Steyer; and actor Robert De Niro.[2][5][6][7] One package was addressed only to CNN and sent to its world headquarters.[8][9][10]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies coordinated their investigations of the attempted bombings.[2] All sixteen confirmed bombs sent were improvised explosive devices,[11] though none had a trigger mechanism.[12] None of the devices exploded outside a controlled setting.[13]
Cesar Altieri Sayoc, Jr. was arrested in Florida on October 26, held without bail, and charged with five federal crimes the following week.[14][15] The FBI investigated the case as domestic terrorism.[16] On March 21, 2019, Sayoc pleaded guilty to 65 felony counts, including using weapons of mass destruction in an attempted domestic terrorist attack. He was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison on August 5, 2019, and will be eligible for release as early as November 10, 2035.[17]
^"Statement on the FBI's Investigation of Suspicious Packages" (Press release). Federal Bureau of Investigation. October 24, 2018. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
^ abcRashbaum, William K.; Feuer, Alan; Goldman, Adam (October 25, 2018). "Pipe Bombs Investigation Turns Toward Florida as More Trump Critics Are Targeted". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
^Wootson Jr., Cleve R.; Horton, Alex (October 25, 2018). "Bomb timeline: What we know about the 10 devices sent to prominent Democrats, Trump critics". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
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^Fagenson, Zachary; Woodall, Bernie (October 26, 2018). "Florida man charged in connection with 14 mail bombs sent to Trump critics". CompuServe. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
^"Breakdown on explosive packages, where they were sent and what was inside". Associated Press. October 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Federal authorities took a Florida man into custody Friday in connection with the mail-bomb scare that earlier widened to 14 suspicious packages sent to prominent Democrats from coast to coast.
^"Sen. Kamala Harris, Tom Steyer targeted by pipe bombs, FBI investigating". SFGate. October 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
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^"Wray: 13 bombs sent are not hoax devices". CNN Video. October 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
^Bojorquez, Manuel (October 29, 2018). "Package bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc had list of 100 names in van, official says". CBS News. Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
^"Judge Orders Pipe Bomb Suspect Cesar Sayoc Held Without Bail". NPR. November 6, 2018. Archived from the original on November 7, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
^Evan Perez; Mark Morales; Shimon Prokupecz; Brynn Gingras; Karl de Vries (October 26, 2018). "Arrest made in connection to suspicious packages". CNN. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
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^Kara Scannell; Evan Perez (October 25, 2018). "The manhunt: FBI treating serial bomber as domestic terrorism". CNN. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
^"Cesar Sayoc, who mailed explosive devices to Trump's critics, sentenced to 20 years in prison". The Washington Post. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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