THE LEAD STORY - FBI SEARCHES FOR SUSPECTS IN MAIL BOMB THREATS - The FBI said Wednesday evening that it had identified seven suspicious packages addressed to prominent Democratic political figures over the previous three days that contained "potentially destructive devices' and warned additional packages could have been mailed to other locations ... The nation was put on edge Wednesday amid reports of suspicious packages targeting leading Democratic critics of the Trump administration. The FBI initially said it had recovered five packages that were similar in appearance and bore the return address of an office for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. The packages were addressed to billionaire George Soros, Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, former CIA Director John Brennan -- care of CNN -- and former Attorney General Eric Holder. The FBI later confirmed that it had recovered two packages addressed to U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., that were similar to the five others.
Law enforcement officials involved in the investigation have told FOX News that the similarity between the packages has led them to believe that a single individual or group could be responsible. President Trump condemned the threatening mailings Wednesday afternoon from the White House, saying that "acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America." He was joined by Vice President Mike Pence, who tweeted: "These cowardly actions are despicable & have no place in this Country." White House press secretary Sarah Sanders added: "These terrorizing acts are despicable, and anyone responsible will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law."
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