BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Federal authorities are investigating suspicious letters mailed to congressional and election offices across the country, just two days after a package containing an unknown white powder prompted an evacuation at the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office in Baton Rouge.
The FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Capitol Police are working to identify those responsible for the mailings, which have affected election offices in multiple states, including Louisiana and Oklahoma.
The investigation was first disclosed in a message from the Senate Sergeant at Arms obtained Thursday, Oct. 15, by The Associated Press…