5 Things to Know About the Pipe Bomb Saga

By Samuel Smith, Deputy Managing Editor Thursday, October 25, 2018

U.S. President Barack Obama is joined by Democratic Nominee for President Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 27, 2016. | REUTERS/Scott Audette

2. Who received the devices?

As of Thursday afternoon, at least 10 similar suspicious packages in yellow bubble-wrapped envelopes were received or intercepted by authorities over the course of this week.

Each of the packages listed the office of Florida Rep. and former Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz as the return sender and included more than enough stamps for postage.

Inside each of the packages were what appeared to be makeshift pipe bombs devices.

Billionaire Democrat donor George Soros received the package in his home mailbox on Monday and it was believed to have been hand delivered.

Discovered on Wednesday were suspected explosive devices addressed to former Secretary of State and Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton; former Democrat President Barack Obama; former Attorney General Eric Holder; and California Democrat and Trump critic Rep. Maxine Waters.

CNN, a liberal news outlet that strongly opposes Trump, also received a package at its New York office addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, also an outspoken Trump critic.

On Thursday, two similar packages addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden were intercepted in Delaware. A similar package addressed to the home of anti-Trump actor Robert De Niro was discovered at his Tribeca Productions film and television company in New York City early Thursday morning.