
超过三十名国会议员以及至少32个州的选举办公室收到了可疑信件,其中许多信件内含白色粉末。
Over three dozen congressional lawmakers and election offices in at least 32 states have been targeted with suspicious letters, many containing a white powder.
为何重要:这些信件导致疏散并扰乱了选举办公室的运作,距离2026年中期选举仅剩几周,引发了对政治恐吓的担忧。
Why it matters: The letters have forced evacuations and disrupted election offices just weeks before the 2026 midterms raising concerns about political intimidation
最新进展:亚当·史密斯(民主党-华盛顿州)的选区办公室周一收到一封信,促使工作人员疏散。
Driving the news: Adam Smith's (D-Wash.) district office received a letter Monday, prompting staff to evacuate.
- 史密斯办公室在一封电子邮件声明中确认,它“收到了一封含有粉末状物质的可疑信件,与寄往全国国会办公室的其他信件类似。”
• In an emailed statement, Smith's office confirmed it "received a suspicious letter containing a powdery substance, like others sent to Congressional offices across the country."
- 工作人员周二返回办公室。
• Staff returned to the office Tuesday.
各方表述:“联邦调查局和美国邮政检查局正在调查一系列寄往全国各地各种地址的可疑邮件,包括州务卿办公室及其相关选举办公室,以及国会办公室,”一名联邦调查局发言人在一封电子邮件声明中表示。
What they're saying: "The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating a series of suspicious mailings sent to various addresses nationwide, including Secretary of State offices and their related election offices, and Congressional offices," an FBI spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
- “部分信件含有未知物质,我们正与执法合作伙伴密切合作,应对每起事件。”
• "Some of the letters contained an unknown substance and we are working closely with our law enforcement partners to respond to each incident."
快速回顾:美国国会警察、众议院和参议院军械官以及其他官员上周向国会办公室发出通知,警告含有可疑物质的信件,并敦促工作人员保持警惕。
Catch up quick: The U.S. Capitol Police, the House and Senate sergeants at arms and other officials sent notices to congressional offices last week warning about letters containing suspicious substances and urging staffers to be vigilant.
- 执法消息人士向ABC新闻透露,估计全国范围内流传着超过100封信件。
• Over 100 letters were estimated to be circulating around the country, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
- 美国国会警察局将Axios转介给联邦调查局发表评论。
• The USCP referred Axios to the FBI for comment. Who was targeted
被针对对象
At least three dozen
至少三十名议员收到了这些信件,包括民主党和共和党两党人士。
lawmakers have been targeted with the letters, including both Democrats and Republicans.
- 其中包括参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默(民主党-纽约州)以及参议员艾米·克洛布彻(民主党-明尼苏达州)、苏珊·柯林斯(共和党-缅因州)和皮特·里基茨(共和党-内布拉斯加州)。
• That includes prominent leaders such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.).
选举办公室至少 32 个州成为目标,收到类似的可疑信件,据《连线》报道 • 当局拦截了许多信件,包括寄往俄亥俄州、明尼苏达州和康涅狄格州选举办公室的信件。但在俄克拉荷马州、亚利桑那州和特拉华州等地,信件已送达并引发疏散。信件内容
Election offices in at least 32 states were targeted with similarly suspicious letters, according to WIRED • Authorities intercepted many of the letters, including those addressed to election offices in Ohio, Minnesota and Connecticut. But in places like Oklahoma, Arizona and Delaware, the letters arrived and prompted evacuations. What's inside
许多信件内含一种白色粉末状物质。
Many letters contained a white powder-like substance.
- 目前,对该粉末的初步检测未发现有害物质。
• So far, preliminary testing of the powder has found no hazardous materials. **Rep.
众议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔(民主党-华盛顿州)和参议员迈克·朗兹(共和党-南达科他州)也报告收到可疑信件,但未透露内容。
Pramila Jayapal** (D-Wash.) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) also reported receiving suspicious letters but did not disclose their contents.
- 内布拉斯加州官员收到一封信,未拆开,而是移交联邦调查局进一步分析。回溯:国会警察的通知发布之际,正值 2001 年炭疽袭击事件 25 周年,该事件在 • 2001 年 10 月 15 日,一名工作人员在时任参议院多数党领袖汤姆·达施勒的办公室打开一封含炭疽的信件,导致哈特参议院办公楼关闭数月。
• Nebraska officials received a letter that they didn't open and instead turned over to the FBI for further analysis. Flashback: The Capitol Police's notice went out on the 25th anniversary of the anthrax attacks that terrified Capitol Hill in the wake of • On Oct. 15, 2001, a staffer opened an anthrax-laced letter in then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's office, forcing the Hart Senate Office Building to close for months.
- 那一年炭疽袭击造成五人死亡。来源何在
• Anthrax attacks killed five people that year. Where are they coming from Law enforcement
执法部门尚未确定信件来源,也不确定是否属于协同袭击。
has not yet determined where the letters are coming from or if they're part of a coordinated attack.
- 联邦调查局拒绝透露信件是否有关联,也不确认“具体事件或信件”。
• The FBI declined to say if the letters are linked, nor are they confirming "specific instances or letters."
- 不过,该局在给 Axios 的电邮声明中表示,正在努力查明寄信人身份。值得关注:一些信件声称来自美国民主社会主义者组织,该左翼激进组织否认有任何牵连。
• However, the bureau told Axios in an emailed statement it is working to identify whoever sent the letters. Worth noting: Some of the letters claimed to come from the Democratic Socialists of America, the left-wing insurgent organization that denies any involvement.
- 一些信件带有纽约市的回邮地址,该组织曾使用该地址,但据发言人称自 2013 年起已不再使用。
• Some letters bore a New York City return address that DSA previously used but has not occupied since 2013, a spokesperson said.
- 美国民主社会主义者组织未回复 Axios 的置评请求。
• DSA did not respond to Axios' request for comment.