While the white powder sent to lawmakers in at least three states has been deemed harmless, authorities say the drain on police resources could get someone killed.
In this image posted to her Facebook account, Kansas state Rep. Tory Marie Blew shows a suspicious letter that was sent to her.While the mysterious white powder inside scores of envelopes sent to Republican lawmakers and officials in at least three states has been"This isn't just a statement that somebody is trying to make.
According to Mattivi, his agency was stretched so thin responding to the letters that it was unable to intercept a substantial shipment of fentanyl that agents knew was coming. One Kansas state lawmaker who received a letter said it had a fake return address for a local church -- a ploy he believes was designed to make it appear it was from a constituent. In at least some cases, names on the return addresses were believed to be those of transgender people who had died, recipients told ABC News.
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