FBI Investigates Suspicious Mail Containing White Powder

(Washington, DC) — The FBI is investigating suspicious mail containing white powder that’s been sent to at least 17 states this election cycle.

The latest letter went to a State Board of Elections office in New York on Tuesday, triggering a mass evacuation. It turned out to be harmless. But last November, similar mail was sent to election offices in five states and four of the letters tested positive for fentanyl. At least one of the recent letters contained flour and some were signed by the “United States Traitor Elimination Army.” The FBI is warning election offices to be careful handling mail from unrecognized senders.

Other election offices that have received suspicious letters recently include Tennessee, Wyoming, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana, Maine and Colorado. In Arizona, Georgia, Connecticut, Maryland and Maine suspicious mail was intercepted before reaching its destination.