The Secret Service said they intercepted a suspicious packages, which were treated as potential explosive devices, sent to former President Obama’s Washington D.C. home, and Bill and Hillary Clinton’s home in New York earlier this week.
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The White House condemns the actions in a statement.
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During a live taping Wednesday, CNN’s anchors Jim Sciutto and Poppy Harlow went to a commercial break early due to a fire alarm going off in its New York offices.
CNN is reporting the New York offices were evacuated due to a suspicious package.
BREAKING: CNN says its offices in New York have been evacuated because of a suspicious package.
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 24, 2018
UPDATE: An earlier version of this story included reporting from CNN that a pipe bomb sent to the White House had been intercepted. Secret Service issued a statement late Wednesday morning that CNN’s reports were incorrect.
CLARIFICATION: At this time the Secret Service has intercepted TWO suspicious packages – one in NY and one in D.C. Reports of a third intercepted package addressed to the WH are incorrect. We refer media to our statement: https://t.co/lJdTn04KmI
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) October 24, 2018
