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| DOJ identifies mail bomb suspect as Cesar Sayoc, could face up to 58 years in jail (VIDEO) | DOJ identifies mail bomb suspect as Cesar Sayoc, could face up to 58 years in jail (VIDEO) |
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| Identified as Cesar Sayoc, the suspect in mail bomb case has been charged with 5 federal crimes and faces up to 58 years in prison, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said, stressing the defendant is “innocent until proven guilty.” | Identified as Cesar Sayoc, the suspect in mail bomb case has been charged with 5 federal crimes and faces up to 58 years in prison, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said, stressing the defendant is “innocent until proven guilty.” |
| Sessions described the sending of explosive devices as “utterly unacceptable,” adding that “political violence or threat of violence is utterly antithetical to our system” and vowing to bring in the “full force of the law.” | |
| FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed the identity of the suspect as Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Florida. Media reports have identified him as a supporter of President Donald Trump. | |
| Though none of the improvised explosive devices actually detonated, Wray stressed that “these are not hoax devices.” | |
| A total of 13 IEDs were sent to a number of prominent Democrats, Wray said, describing each device as consisting of a 6-inch plastic pipe, a small clock, battery, some wiring, and an “energetic material” intended to ignite. | |
| The FBI was able to identify the suspect based on a latent fingerprint from a package sent to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California) and intercepted in the congressional mail facility near Washington, DC. Sayoc’s identification was confirmed by DNA that was found on one of the packages, which matched the samples on file from the Florida man’s earlier brushes with the law, Wray added. | |
| “There may be other packages in transit now,” the FBI director said, noting that “We are not out of the woods yet.” | |
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