An NYPD rep told PEOPLE that the package was similar to the other suspicious packages and appeared to be from the same sender. A report about the suspicious package was called in at 5:00 a.m. local time, and authorities removed the package via the NYPD bomb truck at 6:30 a.m.
The address where the package was found, 375 Greenwich St., houses De Niro’s production company Tribeca Enterprises and restaurant Tribeca Grill,CNNreported. The package resembled previous packages in its return address, listed as Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and its six stamps with American flags.
The building was empty at the time,NBC Newsreported.
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Earlier in the week, explosive devices targeted former presidentBarack Obama, former Secretary of StateHillary Clinton, businessmanGeorge Sorosand Rep. Maxine Waters, according toThe New York Times.
A device addressed to former CIA director John Brennanwas delivered to CNN’s New York headquarters, causing an evacuation. A device addressed to former Attorney General Eric Holder was mailed to Wasserman Schultz.
None of the packages have caused injuries.
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“I just want to tell you that in these times we have to unify,” PresidentDonald Trumpsaid on Wednesday. “We have to come together and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America.”
De Niro has criticized Trump repeatedly. At the Tony Awards in June, his remarkswere bleeped when he said, ‘I’m going to say this, f— Trump,’which received a standing ovation. “It’s no longer just down with Trump, it’s f— Trump,” he told the audience.
“A college education is important, but education without humanity is ignorance,” De Nirosaid in Marchat a Fulfillment Fund event. “Look at our president. He made it through [the] University of Pennsylvania, so he was exposed to a quality education, but he’s still an idiot.”
source: people.com
