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Illinois man charged with sending threatening letters to US lawmakers

Reuters

Oct 26 (Reuters) - ‌An Illinois man was charged on ​Monday ‌with sending threatening letters ‌to at least four US lawmakers, with ‌the mailings containing a white granular powder that did not have any ⁠hazardous substances.

The FBI said ‌in a ⁠court filing the man, Matthew ​G. Unglesbee, admitted to sending the letters, ​telling agents he ​sent ‌them after reading stories ​about other suspicious ⁠mailings sent to ‌state election ​officials and ​lawmakers' offices ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. Unglesbee told the ‌FBI he did not send the earlier ‌letters.

A ​lawyer for Unglesbee could not immediately be identified.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; ‌Editing by Nia Williams)