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A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to sending threatening letters with white powder to President Donald Trump's sons. U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Andrew Lelling said Friday that 25-year-old Daniel Frisiello of Beverly, Massachusetts reached a plea deal on 13 counts of mailing a threat and six counts of false information and hoaxes.
Federal prosecutors in Boston on Thursday charged a Massachusetts man with sending a series of threatening letters containing a suspicious powder, including one addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son. The letter addressed to Donald Trump Jr. led to the Republican president's daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump, being taken to a hospital after opening it on Feb. 12. Two other people also went to the hospital but the white powder in the envelope proved to be harmless.
Gov. Charlie Baker will be lucky if he draws Democrat Jay Gonzalez, a Deval Patrick acolyte, as his opponent for re-election. Gonzalez, 46, of Needham, served as Patrick's secretary of administration from 2009 to 2013, which, outside of governor, is the top job in state government.