Mediagazer: Following the arrest of a mail bomb suspect, CPJ calls on Trump to “stop rhetorical assaults on the press and branding of journalists as enemies of the people” (Committee to Protect Journalists)

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Committee to Protect Journalists:

Following the arrest of a mail bomb suspect, CPJ calls on Trump to “stop rhetorical assaults on the press and branding of journalists as enemies of the people” — Federal authorities today arrested a Florida man, identified as Cesar Sayoc, suspected of mailing 13 bombs addressed …

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Dan Mangan / CNBC:

DOJ confirms it has taken a person in Florida into custody in connection with the suspected twelve mail bombs — - A person was taken into custody in connection with the ongoing investigation of 12 suspected mail bombs sent to former president Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other leading critics of President Donald Trump.

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Suspicious package addressed to James Clapper at CNN, similar to others sent to CNN, Obama, and others, has been intercepted at the post office in New York

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