Federal authorities made an arrest on Friday in connection with the nationwide bombing campaign against outspoken critics of President Trump, a significant breakthrough in a case that has gripped the country in the days leading up to the midterm elections.
A law enforcement official identified the suspect as Cesar Sayoc Jr., 56, of Aventura, Fla., just north of Miami.
Mr. Sayoc, a registered Republican, has a lengthy criminal history in Florida dating back to 1991 that includes felony theft, drug and fraud charges, as well as being arrested and accused of threatening to use a bomb, public records show.
His criminal record from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement indicates that at the time of his last arrest in 2015, he was 5-foot-11 and 215 pounds. He has brown eyes, black hair and a scar on his left arm, the records said, and was born in New York. The records listed Mr. Sayoc’s occupation as “manager.”
On Friday morning, the authorities surrounded a white van with pro-Trump stickers on it, and television news later showed images of the authorities hauling the van away on a truck underneath a tarp. But it remained unclear if the van belonged to Mr. Sayoc.
“These terrorizing acts are despicable and have no place in our country,” President Trump said in remarks at the White House.
Trump confirmed that a suspect has been taken into custody after a far-reaching investigation.
“We will prosecute them, him, her, whoever it may be to the fullest extent of the law,” he said.
Trump condemned the packages sent to “high profile figures” but didn’t mention them by name. The targets, all Trump critics, include Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Rep. Maxine Waters, Sen. Cory Booker, and financier George Soros. Two packages were addressed to CNN, which Trump has continued to attack since the bomb scare.
“We must never allow political violence to take root in America, cannot let it happen, and I’m committed to doing everything in my power as president to stop it and to stop it now,” he said Friday.
He praised the FBI, Secret Service, NYPD and others for quickly finding the suspect. “It’s a needle in a haystack. How do you do it so quickly. They’ve done an incredible job,” Trump said.
Watch! Tarp flies off van… showing us a VERY clear picture of the POLITICS behind the stickers… including a hatred of CNN pic.twitter.com/vzb2tnku7G
— Jason K. Morrell (@CNNJason) October 26, 2018
This is the van of the bomb suspect, which is being towed from an Autozone in Plantation Florida. What does everyone make of the decals on these windows? pic.twitter.com/Zu85c4dDjW
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) October 26, 2018
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‘There is no “Republican propaganda”. Republicans are merely telling the truth etc..’ I really hope you don’t actually accept this as reality.
Are all brand new. Doesn’t anyone find that odd?
There is no “Republican propaganda”. Republicans are merely telling the truth, and standing up to the constant hateful lies and open incitement to violence by Democrat leaders and reporters. After years of constant violence by Democrat activists, including a serious attempt to shoot Republican congressmen which almost killed one, no Democrat has the right to point fingers.
Could it be that it is obvious that Republican propaganda etc. Is responsible for this and similar recent stories, and it is obvious… and chabad chassidim are overwhelmingly Republican.