俄克拉荷马城男子罗宾·马丁（Robin Martin，67岁）因在美国国会中期选举前向选举官员、立法者、民调机构和媒体机构寄送数百封含有白色粉末的威胁信件而被起诉。
Oklahoma City man Robin Martin, 67, was charged over hundreds of threatening letters sent to election officials, lawmakers, pollsters and media before the US midterm elections.
联邦调查局（FBI）表示，信件中的白色粉末经检测为无害的酵母或面粉，但目的是恐吓公职人员和选民。
The FBI said the letters contained white powder that tested as harmless yeast or flour, but they were meant to frighten public servants and voters.
调查人员通过邮政监控录像、沃尔玛手机购买记录、指纹以及相匹配的信息（包括“FBI SAVE THE USA”）将马丁与这些邮寄案件联系起来。
Investigators linked Martin to the mailings through postal video, a Walmart phone purchase, fingerprints and matching messages, including “FBI SAVE THE USA”.
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AI generated WASHINGTON – An Oklahoma City man was charged with sending hundreds of threatening letters containing white powder to state election officials, lawmakers, pollsters and media organisations ahead of the US midterm congressional elections.
罗宾·马丁（67岁）在俄克拉荷马州联邦地区法院被控传递虚假或误导性信息及恶作剧罪，以及邮寄威胁性通信罪。
Robin Martin, 67, was charged in US District Court in Oklahoma with conveying false or misleading information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications.
联邦调查局在一份誓章中表示，对信件中发现的粉末进行检测，确定其为无害的酵母或面粉。
Testing of powder found in the letters determined it was either harmless yeast or flour, the FBI said in an affidavit.
马丁于11月2日被捕，11月3日联邦治安法官下令对其暂时羁押，待11月9日举行听证会。马丁的律师拒绝置评。
Martin, who was arrested on Nov 2, was ordered temporarily detained on Nov 3 by a federal magistrate pending a Nov 9 hearing. Lawyers for Martin declined to comment.
国家安全事务助理司法部长约翰·A·艾森伯格（John A. Eisenberg）表示，这些信件代表了一种“蓄意恐吓公职人员的企图……这种恐吓在法治国家中没有立足之地。”联邦调查局表示，10月初寄出的信件寄往全美50个州的州选举官员。联邦调查局还认为，马丁在2024年也曾向选举和邮政官员寄送过威胁信件。
Assistant Attorney-General for National Security John A. Eisenberg said the letters represented a “calculated attempt to terrorise public servants... Intimidation like this has no place in a Nation governed by the rule of law.”The FBI said mailings in early October were addressed to state election officials in all 50 states. It also believes Martin had sent threatening letters in 2024 to election and postal officials.
联邦调查局表示，10月寄出的威胁信件使用了纽约民主社会主义者组织（DSA）一个过时的回邮地址。
The threatening letters in October bore an outdated return address of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in New York, the FBI said.
联邦调查局补充称，马丁还曾于8月与民主社会主义者组织取得联系并获取了该组织成员的电子邮件地址，随后这些地址被添加到一个邮寄名单中，向他们发送威胁信息，警告他们如果投票可能会被逮捕。
It added that Martin had also made contact with the DSA in August and obtained the e-mail addresses of DSA members, after which they were added to a mailing list that sent them threatening messages, warning they could be arrested if they voted.
FBI 还将马丁与 2024 年的一封威胁信联系起来，信中“声称唐纳德·特朗普总统赢得了 2020 年大选，并对即将到来的 2024 年大选中可能重演的某些问题表示担忧”。
The FBI also linked Martin to a threatening letter in 2024 that “claimed that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election, and voiced concerns regarding some of the same issues recurring in the then-upcoming 2024 election”.
FBI 通过邮政设施和一家沃尔玛的监控录像将这些信件与马丁联系起来，据信用于实施威胁的手机是在该沃尔玛购买的。
The FBI tied the letters to Martin through surveillance video from postal facilities and a Walmart, where a phone believed to have been used in the threats had been purchased.
政府表示，马丁还曾给 FBI 局长卡什·帕特尔写过一封信，经鉴定信上有马丁的指纹。
The government said Martin had also written a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel that was determined to have Martin’s fingerprints.
信中用紫外线反应墨水写着“FBI 拯救美国”，这一内容也出现在其他威胁信中。
The letter had a message written in ultraviolet-reactive ink reading “FBI SAVE THE USA” that was also on other threatening letters.