Federal and local law enforcement are investigating after a suspicious package was sent to Sen. Rand Paul‘s home in Kentucky.
An image of the package, which showed Paul bruised and bandaged with a gun to his head, and a message that said, “I’ll finish what your neighbor started you motherf*****,” was obtained by Fox News.
“At approximately 4:30pm on Monday, the U.S. Capitol Police was notified a letter containing a powdery substance was sent to the Kentucky home of Senator Rand Paul,” the FBI’s Louisville field office said in a Tuesday statement to the Washington Examiner. “The person who found the letter called the local sheriff’s office. The USCP and FBI were also notified. An initial test determined the substance is not dangerous. As a precaution, it was taken to a state lab for further testing. This is an open investigation.”
It’s unclear who sent the letter, but Paul singled out Richard Marx, claiming the singer and songwriter encouraged violence against him.
“As a repeated target of violence, it is reprehensible that Twitter allows C-list celebrities to encourage violence against me and my family,” Paul said on Twitter Monday.
“Just this weekend Richard Marx called for violence against me and now we receive this powder filled letter,” he added in a statement to Politico.
Marx tweeted about Paul over the weekend.
“I’ll say it again: If I ever meet Rand Paul’s neighbor I’m going to hug him and buy him as many drinks as he can consume,” Marx said on Sunday.
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Rene Boucher, the Kentucky Republican’s neighbor, pleaded guilty in 2018 to assaulting Paul the year before while the senator was doing yardwork. Boucher served prison time and was ordered to pay damages.
The senator suffered multiple rib fractures and underwent multiple treatments for pneumonia that resulted from the attack. Paul also had surgery from a hernia related to the assault.
