Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg received a second threatening letter and envelope containing a "white powder" Wednesday afternoon, raising the threat level in the city. The powder was found to be harmless.
ABC News reported Wednesday afternoon that police sources told the news outlet that an envelope containing "white powder" and a threatening letter to Bragg was discovered in the basement mailroom at 80 Centre Street around 3 p.m.
The New York City Police Department, Department of Environmental Protection, and Office of Emergency Management responded to the scene, the report said.
NBC News reported that the powder was determined to be nonhazardous. The letter criticized Bragg's weight and included a photo of both him and former President Donald Trump, who was arraigned on criminal charges in the city last week.
On March 30, a grand jury indicted Trump on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records while covering up another crime relating to a 2016 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged affair the pair had years before.
It is the first time in the history of the United States that a current or former president has been charged criminally.
Trump pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Criminal Court last week and denies any wrongdoing in the case.
It is the second time Bragg has received such a letter since the former president said in a March 18 post on Truth Social that he expected to "be arrested" on March 21.
Axios reported on March 25 that Bragg was sent a similar letter including white powder that also was determined not to be hazardous.
The NYPD and Department of Environmental Protection also investigated that incident.
"We are aware of the incident. It's under active investigation," the NYPD said in a statement to Axios at the time. "The NYPD takes all such threats seriously."
The report said that typewritten letter read: "ALVIN: I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Axios' March 25 report said Bragg's office had received "received hundreds of threats in recent weeks over the investigation into Trump" and that "Bragg was specifically threatened with direct harm, an official said."
The Hill reported Bragg's office saying in a statement at the time: "The DA has informed the office that it was immediately contained and that the NYPD Emergency Service Unit and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection determined there was no dangerous substance."
On Tuesday, Bragg filed a lawsuit to block a congressional subpoena from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to testify in front of the committee regarding the case against Trump.
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