FBI: Mail bombs ‘highest priority’

By Kelly Cohen

Published October 24, 2018 9:38pm ET

FBI: Mail bombs ‘highest priority’ — A member of the FBI works outside the Time Warner Center, in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. A police bomb squad was sent to CNN's offices in New York City and the newsroom was evacuated because of a suspicious package. | (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The string of suspicious packages and mail bombs sent within the past few days to various politicians and CNN are the “highest priority” for the FBI, the federal law enforcement agency’s head said Wednesday.

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