{"id":1956347,"date":"2023-06-24T19:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T23:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-investigating-after-mt-legislators-say-they-received-letters-with-unknown-substance\/"},"modified":"2023-06-24T19:55:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T23:55:50","slug":"fbi-investigating-after-mt-legislators-say-they-received-letters-with-unknown-substance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-investigating-after-mt-legislators-say-they-received-letters-with-unknown-substance\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI probes letters with mysterious substance sent to MT lawmakers."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-investigating-after-mt-legislators-say-they-received-letters-with-unknown-substance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1956347&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The FBI Investigates Reports of Suspicious Letters Sent to Montana GOP Legislators<\/h2>\n<p>The FBI is currently investigating reports from Montana GOP legislators who claim to have received letters containing an unknown white powder. This announcement was made by a spokesperson for the Department of Justice on Saturday, as reported by local sources.<\/p>\n<h3>Similar Incidents in Tennessee and Kansas<\/h3>\n<p>Just days before, state officials in Tennessee and Kansas also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-stalker-tests-limits-of-first-amendment-before-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Convicted Stalker Tests Limits of First Amendment Before Supreme Court\">alerted law enforcement<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-investigating-after-mt-legislators-say-they-received-letters-with-unknown-substance\/\" title=\"FBI probes letters with mysterious substance sent to MT lawmakers.\">receiving similar letters allegedly<\/a> containing an unidentified substance. These incidents prompted officials to launch a probe into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the FBI has determined through lab tests that there is no risk to public safety.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerned Reactions from Montana Officials<\/h3>\n<p>Upon hearing about the letters, Montana Governor Greg Gianoforte (R) expressed his concern, describing the news as &#8220;disturbing.&#8221; Montana&#8217;s attorney general, Austin Knudsen, took to Facebook to share that the local sheriff&#8217;s office had collected evidence after his mother, who is also a state representative, opened a letter containing a &#8220;white powder substance&#8221; at her personal residence.<\/p>\n<p>Knudsen urged the public to exercise caution when opening their mail and advised them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-the-fbi-do-anything-about-the-alarming-number-of-attacks-on-pro-life-centers-following-scotus-leak\/\" title=\"Will The FBI Do Anything About The Alarming Number Of Attacks On Pro-Life Centers Following SCOTUS Leak?\">immediately contact law enforcement<\/a> if they receive a suspicious package.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation reveals that approximately one hundred similar letters have been delivered to lawmakers and public officials across the state, but fortunately, no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI is investigating reports of Montana GOP legislators receiving letters with an unknown white powder. The Department of Justice spokesperson announced this on Saturday. A Russian general, holding a gun, urges the Wagner Group to cease their actions, pleading to &#8220;stop the columns.&#8221; Officials have initiated an investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1956348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1956348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}