An object that appeared to be an explosive device was found in a mailbox at the home of George Soros, the billionaire liberal philanthropist who is a frequent target of unfounded right-wing conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic smears.
The Bedford Police Department said it responded to the address in the hamlet of Katonah at 3:45 p.m. Monday after an employee of the residence opened the package.
The person placed the package in a wooded area and called police, who alerted the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives.
Bedford police said the FBI’s terrorism task force was investigating.
The FBI’s New York field office said on Twitter that it was “conducting an investigation at and around a residence in Bedford, NY. There is no threat to public safety, and we have no further comment at this time.”
Neither local nor federal authorities would say whether the object was capable of exploding.
A message emailed to Soros’ foundation wasn’t immediately returned.
Soros, who made his fortune in hedge funds, frequently donates to liberal causes and is vilified on the right.
Recently, conservative critics have, without evidence, accused him of secretly financing a caravan of Central American migrants to make their way north toward Mexico and the U.S.
Others have falsely accused the Jewish Soros of being a Nazi collaborator during World War II, when he was a child in Hungary.
Activists frequently post the addresses of homes he owns in Westchester County, north of New York City, on social media sometimes accompanied by ill wishes.
FBI officials didn’t respond to requests for more information late Monday.
We are conducting an investigation at and around a residence in Bedford, NY. There is no threat to public safety, and we have no further comment at this time.
— FBI New York (@NewYorkFBI) October 23, 2018
(AP)
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Soros must have special zchusim. He is still alive and functioning; still funding the left. He’s a total כפר.
Watch what Soros did during the Holocaust. You make him sound like some misunderstood individual. He almost brought down economy’s around the world. And what’s his stance on Israel?
> “a child in Hungary”
Wikipedia states Soros was born August 12, 1930. The Germans invaded Hungary in mid 1944. In the infamous 60 minute interview, Soros stated as follows:
Kroft: “My understanding is that you went … went out, in fact, and helped in the confiscation of property from the Jews.”
Soros: “Yes, that’s right. Yes.”
Seems pretty clear he is admitting that he he “hepled” confiscate Jewish property. But later in the interview Soros states:
“I was only a spectator, the property was being taken away. So the — I had no role in taking away that property. So I had no sense of guilt.“”
So which is it – was he a “spectator” or did he “help”? Imagine, for example, Trump making such contradictory assertions and how that would be treated by the media.