A package containing "suspicious white powder" was discovered at noon on Friday in the building where a grand jury has been hearing evidence in the Trump "hush-money" investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, officials told Insider.
The package was delivered to the building's mail room, and was non-hazardous, police told Insider.
The package was delivered by USPS, Fox News reported; the New York Post reported that it was an envelope addressed to "Alvin."
The grand jury meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, sources have told Insider, and was not in session on Friday. No one was sickened or taken to the hospital; the package was determined to be non-hazardous within three hours, officials told Insider.
"The D.A. has informed the office that it was immediately contained and that the NYPD Emergency Service Unit and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection determined there was no dangerous substance," a DA spokesperson said.
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Police said the incident is under investigation.
The incident comes as a grand jury is weighing evidence that could lead to an indictment of former President Donald Trump over his alleed role in hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 election. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Bragg in the past week, calling him a "WOKE TYRANT" and "SOROS BACKED ANIMAL" while encouraging his followers to "take our nation back" as an indictment looms.
Experts on political violence have warned that Trump's words could trigger violence.
Officers with the NYPD and the city Department of Environmental Protection were seen just before 3 p.m. carrying three red, hazardous materials bags out of the lower Manhattan office building where the grand jury is meeting and where Bragg and his team of prosecutors also have offices.
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