NEW YORK (AP) — Police and the FBI are investigating a threatening letter sent to the Manhattan apartment of Donald Trump's son Eric that contained a white powder, two law enforcement officials said Friday.
Preliminary tests on the substance in the envelope sent to Eric Trump's apartment Thursday indicated it was not hazardous, according to the officials, who were not authorized to disclose details of the threat and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The handwritten letter was postmarked March 5 from Boston and referenced Donald Trump's presidential bid.
The letter said: "If your father does not drop out of the race, the next envelope won't be a fake." It was signed "X," according to one of the law enforcement officials, who had seen the letter.
In a statement, the New York Police Department confirmed that it had responded to a Trump building overlooking Central Park to investigate a suspicious letter received by a tenant but didn't name the recipient.
Eric Trump, 32, is one of five children of businessman and Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. He has been campaigning for his father.
Donald Trump's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
I cannot WAIT for this all to be over.
Threatening the families is not okay. Threatening anyone is not okay, but I haven't heard Trump’s son advocating war crimes.
The ones who butcher endangered leopards and elephants for fun? __________________________________________________
have you ever hunted dangerous game ? as in an animal that can kill you ? and hunted the right way--on foot, by yourself or with a guide and with only the weapons you can carry ? it's not butchering when the animal has an even chance of bagging YOU if you screw up
you sound like some PETA nutjob
-- Edited by burns07 on Friday 18th of March 2016 05:55:59 PM
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" the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. "--edmund burke
You know, I actually did think Trump probably sent, or had someone, send it. This keeps his name in the press and at the top no doubt. Plus, it casts him in the victim's light. As in, everyone is picking on me. Not one wants to allow me what is rightfully mine.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
You know, I actually did think Trump probably sent, or had someone, send it. This keeps his name in the press and at the top no doubt. Plus, it casts him in the victim's light. As in, everyone is picking on me. Not one wants to allow me what is rightfully mine.
Because the media doesn't report and write about Trump everyday as it is? Ridiculous. You don't even have a clue as to the type of person he is. you don't like him so all you do is dig up nasty articles on him not even caring if they are true or not. The hatred for Trump is incredible, yet more than 50% of conservatives support him.
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Oh and when he was advised wisely by the Secret Service to wear a bullet proof vest, and he did, not ONCE did he say anything about it, people just figured it out because he started looking chubby overnight. If he wanted to use a threat to capitalize on don't you think he would be constantly talking about those? All the Trump haters are just interjecting and making crap up now.
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The ones who butcher endangered leopards and elephants for fun? __________________________________________________
have you ever hunted dangerous game ? as in an animal that can kill you ? and hunted the right way--on foot, by yourself or with a guide and with only the weapons you can carry ? it's not butchering when the animal has an even chance of bagging YOU if you screw up
you sound like some PETA nutjob
-- Edited by burns07 on Friday 18th of March 2016 05:55:59 PM
Well, sure. Dangerous game is prowling Manhattan and the Trump boys had to defend themselves somehow. You never know when a leopard is going to leap out at you or is an elephant is hiding behind one of those ubiquitous pretzel carts, ready to stomp you.
The ones who butcher endangered leopards and elephants for fun? __________________________________________________
have you ever hunted dangerous game ? as in an animal that can kill you ? and hunted the right way--on foot, by yourself or with a guide and with only the weapons you can carry ? it's not butchering when the animal has an even chance of bagging YOU if you screw up
you sound like some PETA nutjob
-- Edited by burns07 on Friday 18th of March 2016 05:55:59 PM
Nailed it....
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I love how many people defend Trump all the time. He openly committed a FELONY by paying off Ben Carson's debts and offering him a job if he gets elected. But the Trumpeteers don't say a single thing about that. When it came up on this very board it was brushed off as "All politicians break rules." So I guess it's okay for Trump to break them too.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
I love how many people defend Trump all the time. He openly committed a FELONY by paying off Ben Carson's debts and offering him a job if he gets elected. But the Trumpeteers don't say a single thing about that. When it came up on this very board it was brushed off as "All politicians break rules." So I guess it's okay for Trump to break them too.
Maybe LL could answer this. I just read the statute that they listed in the article. Ben Carson himself admits that the only reason he endorsed Trump was to gain a spot in the White House somewhere. All I know is the article said it was a felony and then listed the statute it was found in.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
I'm pretty sure Donald Trump isn't the first guy whose "paid off" someone for their support in a political campaign. This has been going on forever. That's why we're in the predicament we are in.
That absolutely does not make it okay. That's just like telling your kids because their friends lie it's okay for them to lie too.
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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!” ― Maya Angelou
I love how many people defend Trump all the time. He openly committed a FELONY by paying off Ben Carson's debts and offering him a job if he gets elected. But the Trumpeteers don't say a single thing about that. When it came up on this very board it was brushed off as "All politicians break rules." So I guess it's okay for Trump to break them too.
I don't get this obsequious fawning, either, This is a vile human being who has mocked women, veterans, the disabled, the overweight, immigrants, everyone.
It seems the only demographic he hasn't mocked or put down is Eastern Bloc supermodels.
And yet they lap up the BS from the Master of Manipulation.
Kind of like everyone insisting they're not crazy in the psych ward.
And everyone is not guilty in jail.
Insulting me isn't becoming to you.
Trump has everyone bamboozled and you can't see it.
I've liked Trump for well over 15 years. I know exactly what I'm getting. I am not bamboozled in the least. I can think for myself. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.
Most of us are well aware of who Trump is. But when the parties can't bother to promote decent candidates, you get what you get. Trump is an ass, but he's not a politician, and people are tired of politicians. Many of the people voting for Trump know EXACTLY who they are voting for.
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I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
Most of us are well aware of who Trump is. But when the parties can't bother to promote decent candidates, you get what you get. Trump is an ass, but he's not a politician, and people are tired of politicians. Many of the people voting for Trump know EXACTLY who they are voting for.
Thank you. Except for the ass part. lol! But seriously, who hasn't been an ass at one time or another? I see it all the time. Even here once in awhile....
-- Edited by msrock on Friday 18th of March 2016 07:20:25 PM