The U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a suspicious package sent to the office of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., bringing the number of current and former government officials receiving suspicious packages Wednesday to at least five.
According to several news reports, including Roll Call, the package addressed to Waters' office was intercepted at a Congressional mail sorting facility in Capitol Heights, Maryland, about five miles west of the U.S. Capitol.
Roll Call quoted an email that was sent to Senate staff Wednesday, which reminded people who work in the U.S. Capitol not to bring unopened mail into the building.
"Under no circumstances should anyone ever bring unopened mail or packages from outside the Senate into their offices," the email read.
"It is a violation of policy — and may be extremely dangerous — for any person to introduce any sealed mail item to the Senate office buildings or the Capitol, or to accept mail from anyone other than a uniformed Senate Post Office employee or a Government courier bearing an official Government ID."
Tuesday night, authorities intercepted a suspected bomb addressed to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Reported explosive devices were sent Wednesday to former President Barack Obama, former CIA Director John Brennan at CNN, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.
A bomb was discovered Monday in a mailbox outside the home of billionaire Democratic donor George Soros in New York.
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