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Today, Explained

Bombs in the mail

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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0:00.0

This week America's favorite Democrats got packages in the mail.

0:13.5

They were not care packages.

0:15.0

They were bombs.

0:16.0

It all started on Monday.

0:20.1

Police are investigating a possible explosive device found in a mailbox near philanthropist

0:24.4

and billionaire George Soros's home.

0:26.5

And then yesterday on Wednesday we started to hear about all these other Democrats who

0:31.5

started receiving suspicious packages as well.

0:34.5

Jen Kirby writes about national security for Vox.

0:37.6

Hillary Clinton got one at our house in Chapaquat, New York.

0:41.4

Former President Barack Obama received a package in his offices in Washington, DC.

0:47.2

Then another package was sent to the CNN offices in the Time Warner Building in New York City

0:54.0

by Columbus Circle in Manhattan.

0:56.1

It was addressed to John Brennan, who was the former CIA director under President Barack

1:00.8

Obama.

1:01.8

Then we found another package had gone to Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz's office in Florida.

1:07.6

She's the former chairwoman of the DNC.

1:10.6

That package had actually been addressed to former Attorney General Eric Holder, also

1:14.5

under Barack Obama.

1:16.3

It had been misadressed to Eric Holder, but the return address was Debbie Wasserman

1:21.1

Schultz.

1:22.1

That's why it ended up in her office.

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