The Campaign Headquarters of Kari Lake Receives'suspicious' Mail Containing White Powder

On Saturday, an envelope with "suspicious white powder" was sent to the campaign office of the Arizona Republican candidate for governor.

CNN was told that an employee at Kari Lake's campaign headquarters in Phoenix opened an envelope that contained white power.

A law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told CNN that the items found during the investigation will be tested at a lab in Arizona. The source said that no proof has been sent to the FBI lab in Quantico.

Earlier on Sunday, Colton Duncan, a spokesman for Lake's campaign, sent CNN a text message saying that two envelopes were taken by police and "sent to professionals at Quantico to be looked at."

Lake told reporters Sunday night that her campaign was told at first that the suspicious mail was going to be sent to Quantico for testing. "But there's a closer lab, and that's where they sent the substance, so we'll find out what it was," she said.

In an email to CNN, Phoenix police said that they responded to a "property call" near the intersection of 40th Street and Camelback Road.

"When the police showed up, they found that there were suspicious items in the mail. Sgt. Phil Krynsky told CNN that more people came to pick up the items and secure the area. "No injuries have been reported, and the investigation is still going on."

CNN has reached out to the FBI office in Phoenix to find out more.

Sunday morning, Lake's team said that they were taking the threat "extremely seriously" and thanked the police for looking into it. Duncan said that the staff member was being watched by a doctor.

"In the meantime, know that we have never been more determined, and that you can't scare us. Duncan said, "We are still going full speed ahead to win this election on Tuesday."

Arizona has been a hot spot for extremist anger and threats against political and election officials. Leaders of both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have been threatened in this way.

"We live in bad times. We've been threatened before, and I've been threatened many times, Lake told reporters at a Queen Creek campaign event.

"We'll find out what happened, but I don't want to jump the gun. I want investigators to look into it, and I really want to find the people who sent this because it's wrong that this is happening."

Katie Hobbs, who is the Arizona Secretary of State and is running against Lake as a Democrat, said that the behaviour toward Lake and her staff was "extremely troubling."

In a statement, Hobbs said, "Political violence, threats, or intimidation have no place in our democracy." "I strongly condemn this kind of behaviour that makes Lake and her staff feel unsafe."

Late last month, someone broke into Hobbs' campaign office. In that case, police have caught a suspect, but they say the same man broke into at least one other office recently. Police didn't find any evidence that the suspect had anything to do with politics.

Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona, said the event was "horrible" on Sunday.

Kelly told CNN at a campaign event in Tucson, "Stuff like that has no place in our democracy." "But we don't need to do that, and neither does anyone else. It's just not right. And I hope they'll look into it and find out who did it, then arrest that person and bring charges against him."

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