FBI responds to Kari Lake headquarters after mysterious white powder arrives in mail

The Federal Bureau of Investigation responded this weekend to the headquarters of GOP gubernatorial candidate in Arizona, Kari Lake, after envelopes containing a mysterious substance arrived at the building.

“Yesterday, a member of the Kari Lake staff opened an envelope delivered to our campaign office that contained suspicious white powder. It was one of two envelopes that were confiscated by law enforcement and sent to professionals at Quantico for examination, and we are awaiting details,” a campaign spokesperson told ABC News on Sunday. 

Thus far no injuries have been reported, though the Lake campaign staffer who came into contact with the substance has been under medical supervision since the incident occurred. The FBI arrived Sunday morning to investigate. 

The FBI National Press Office said in a statement regarding the case, “Early this morning, Sunday, November 6th, the FBI, along with our local law enforcement partners, responded to a report of suspicious letters at an office building near 40th Street and Camelback Road. No further information will be released at this time.”

CNN reports that the substance has been sent to a lab at Quantico to be tested. 

The incident occurred just days after Lake’s Democratic opponent, Katie Hobbs, had her headquarters broken into, and after Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, was brutally attacked with a hammer in the couple’s San Francisco home.

Lake has publicly mocked both incidents, calling the Hobbs break in “Jussie Smollett part two.”