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The workplace of Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake was placed on lockdown Tuesday after a marketing campaign staffer opened a bundle with a “suspicious” substance.
A marketing campaign spokesperson informed Fox Information Digital that an intern on the marketing campaign’s Phoenix workplace opened an envelope with a suspicious substance and a notice that stated, “warning anthrax.”
The workplace of Kari Lake in Phoenix, Arizona. (Kari Lake marketing campaign supplied)
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The marketing campaign referred to as authorities, prompting a response from a number of legislation enforcement companies and a hazmat staff.
Officers and firefighters cleared the constructing and despatched in a staff to analyze the substance.
Authorities are testing the suspicious substance. (Kari Lake marketing campaign supplied)
The Phoenix Police Division stated the substance was examined and deemed “non-hazardous.”
“There have been no fast threats to the group and the occupants of the constructing shall be allowed entry shortly. Investigators have been assigned,” Phoenix police informed Fox Information Digital in an announcement.
Authorities on scene after an envelope with a “suspicious” substance was discovered on the workplace of Kari Lake. (Kari Lake marketing campaign supplied)
“The novel left, with assist from the mainstream media, has escalated its assaults towards me from baseless smears and authorized harassment to bodily threats. Immediately, my workplace acquired a suspicious envelope, probably containing anthrax — an try and intimidate and silence me,” Lake stated in an announcement. “This is not nearly me; it’s an assault on our motion. I gained’t be intimidated, and people accountable should be dropped at justice. The time to unite towards these harmful, un-American ways is now.”
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A hazmat staff arrives on scene at Kari Lake’s workplace. (Kari Lake marketing campaign supplied)
Lake’s Democratic opponent, Ruben Gallego wrote on X: “I condemn any act of violence of threats towards Kari Lake, her workplace, or different public officers.”
“My ideas are with the staffer concerned, and I am grateful for the swift response by @PhoenixPolice, @PHXFire, and the hazmat staff,” he stated. “I hope the whole lot is resolved safely and shortly.”
Bradford Betz is a Fox Information Digital breaking reporter masking crime, political points, and way more.
