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Feds Investigating 'Suspicious' Letter Sent To Chicago Election Office
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 15, 8:28 PM CDT
updated Oct 17, 8:29 AM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Chicago Sun-Times, WGN-TV and WFLD, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Feds investigating 'suspicious' letter sent to Chicago election office · Chicago Sun-TimesOct 15, 8:28 PM CDT
Chicagoland US representatives sent suspicious letters · WGN-TVOct 16, 8:26 PM CDT
5 Chicago-area members of Congress receive ‘suspicious’ mail, FBI investigating · WFLDOct 17, 8:29 AM CDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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How We Decided
Oct 15, 9:00 PM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 16, 8:59 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.