A person has been arrested in connection with the series of bomb scares targeting critics of President Donald Trump.
The person was taken into custody in the Miami area, a law enforcement official said.
The investigation into this week’s wave of suspicious packages had focused on southern Florida and a mail sorting facility in the area.
No one had claimed responsibility for parcel bombs, which were denounced by authorities as terrorism and came less than two weeks ahead of US congressional elections that could alter the balance of power in Washington.
The arrest came just hours after Trump tweeted about the attacks and the effect they were having on the upcoming midterm elections.
While not an overt conspiracy theory, the president’s Friday claim bore similarity to statements made by several right-wing pundits, including Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh, who suggested Wednesday that the bomb scares were staged for political purposes.
Twelve packages containing bombs have been intercepted or received this week, including two on Friday. They were addressed to former US President Barack Obama, former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and actor Robert De Niro among others, according to federal officials and US media reports.
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