Suspect charged with federal crimes in mail bombings to Dems
Source: The Hill
A Florida man with a lengthy criminal history was charged Friday with sending explosive devices to high-profile Democrats who have sparred with President Trump, a major break in a case that has gained national attention and stoked political divisions ahead of the midterm elections.
The arrest of Cesar Sayoc Jr. came hours after more devices were discovered in three different states, pushing the total found by law enforcement to 13. None of the devices have exploded, but the saga has put officials on alert about the threat of violence connected to the political season.
Sayoc, who was apprehended in Aventura, Fla., was charged with interstate transportation of an explosive, illegal mailing of explosives, threats against former presidents and certain other persons, threatening interstate communication and assaulting federal officers. If convicted, Sayoc would face up to 58 years in prison.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/413376-suspect-charged-with-federal-crimes-in-mail-bombings-to-dems
My understanding is that these are essentially "holding" charges while they investigate the Domestic Terrorism angle.
SWBTATTReg
(22,129 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Anyone with an R got a peep to offer? Didn't think so. Anyone with an R condemn it publicly? Waiting. Hard to miss...even for the Base Base. Probably, approval ratings will go up. I mean...with Trump/Pence front and center on the moving billboard...as well as CNN Sucks...the Inciter In Chief can't totally wash this greasy slime off. He'll try...it won't work.
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)He is to blame that cannot be dismissed
catbyte
(34,393 posts)I hope they upgrade the charges.
They_Live
(3,233 posts)would fit the bill.
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)Say he is a member of some terrorist group. No lawyer and no trial.
iluvtennis
(19,861 posts)djacq
(1,634 posts)Watched Ali Velshi on MSNBC;
The Orange Clown May have known about the MAGAbomber arrest on the evening of October 25th and withheld the information to politicize for the Midterms.
Now CBS Evening News mentioned that the MAGAbomber was radicalized.
2 days earlier, Dean Obeidallah on SiriusXM Progress, said that Trump is radicalizing his supporters just like how a terrorist group recruits.
angrychair
(8,699 posts)While I wait for republicans at Trump rallies to start chanting lock him up about Sayoc.
appalachiablue
(41,140 posts)A lone fingerprint and a set of misspellings helped point FBI agents to a Florida man with a long criminal record now charged with mailing homemade bombs to prominent critics of President Trump a politically charged case that has roiled the run-up to next months congressional elections.
Cesar Sayoc, 56, a former pizza deliveryman, strip-club worker and virulently partisan supporter of the president, was arrested Friday and charged with a string of crimes in connection with the homemade pipe bombs sent this week to former president Barack Obama, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and others.
He was formally charged with sending 13 such devices, and a law enforcement official said he is likely to be charged with sending a 14th device to Tom Steyer, a major Democratic donor. That package was intercepted in California, officials said.
The manhunt began Monday afternoon, when a pipe bomb was found inside a package delivered to billionaire activist George Soros, and ended less than 96 hours later with Sayocs arrest outside an auto supply store in Plantation, Fla. Sayoc, who lives in nearby Aventura, was arrested near his vehicle: a white van festooned with political declarations echoing Trump rhetoric.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/man-in-florida-arrested-charged-in-connection-with-mail-bombs-sent-to-public-figures/ar-BBOVY5Q?li=BBnb7Kz