The FBI is investigating reports from Montana GOP legislators who say they received letters containing an unknown white powder.
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice made the announcement on Saturday, according to local reports.
State DOJ spox: FBI and USPS are investigating. Either FBI lab or MT National Guard Civil Support team will test the substance found in the envelopes. Declined to say whether other lawmakers have recieved similar mail https://t.co/SbW2RuTIw3
— Sam Wilson (@s_wilson__) June 24, 2023
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Officials launched a probe into the letters just days after state officials in Tennessee and Kansas also alerted law enforcement after they said they also received similar letters, allegedly containing a yet-to-be-determined substance.
The FBI has since concluded that lab tests did not indicate any risk to public safety.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianoforte (R) described the news as ‘disturbing,’ upon hearing about the letters. Montana’s attorney general, Austin Knudsen, took to Facebook in stating that the local sheriff’s office collected evidence after the his mother, also a state representative, opened a letter which he claimed contained a “white powder substance”—delivered to her personal residence.
I’ve received disturbing reports that Montana legislators are receiving anonymous, threatening letters containing white powder. The state will bring to bear whatever resources are needed to support law enforcement officers as they investigate.
— Governor Greg Gianforte (@GovGianforte) June 24, 2023
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Knudsen advised the public to “PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS about opening your mail.” “If you receive a suspicious package, contact law enforcement immediately,” he added.
Data from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation reports roughly one-hundred such letters have been delivered to lawmakers and public officials across the state, but have not resulted in any injuries.
