Manhattan DA Bragg's Office Receives Threat, "Toxic" Powder

A powdery substance was found Friday, Mar. 25, 2023, with a threatening letter in a mailroom at the offices of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the latest security scare as the prosecutor weighs a potential historic indictment of former President Donald Trump, Michael R. Sislak reported for the Associated Press (AP).

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New York City police and environmental protection officials isolated and removed the suspicious letter, and testing “determined there was no dangerous substance,” Bragg spokesperson Danielle Filson said.

The substance was sent to a city lab for further examination, police said, Bobby Caina Calvan also reported for AP.

“Alvin, I am going to kill you,” the letter said, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The discovery, in the same building where a grand jury is expected to resume work Monday, came amid increasingly hostile rhetoric from Trump, a Republican who is holding the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign Saturday in Waco, Texas.

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