Pipe bomb suspect threatened Beto O'Rourke, campaign says
Source: Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN — The Florida man who allegedly sent pipe bombs to President Donald Trump's critics also had Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke and at least one state lawmaker who received a suspicious package this week in his sights.
O'Rourke received several threatening Facebook messages from pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc earlier this year, campaign spokesman Chris Evans confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. Then, on Oct. 25, the FBI began sending dogs and agents to go through mail at O'Rourke's campaign office in El Paso.
It's unclear whether O'Rourke was included on a list Sayoc had kept of about 100 people he considered potential future targets. On Wednesday, Evans said, "No one said 'you are on a list' but there was immediately a presence including agents and dogs who were at the office even as recent as today."
Sayoc also researched mailing addresses for Rep. Poncho Nevarez, a Democrat who represents parts of Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border, the state lawmaker said the day after he received a suspicious package at his Capitol office.
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