Clinton campaign: No health issues after mailed powder found

Published 8:47 am Saturday, October 22, 2016

<span class="RACopyBody">NEW YORK — The Hillary Clinton campaign says four people have been examined by medical personnel after a white powdery substance arrived at a New York campaign office and they have reported no health issues.</span>

<span class="RACopyBody">Campaign spokesman Glen Caplin said federal and local officials determined the substance was non-hazardous; he provided no further details Saturday.</span>

<span class="RACopyBody">Police say preliminary tests showed the substance found Friday in an envelope at Clinton’s Manhattan office, where mail is received, was not harmful. A police spokesman declined to identify what the substance was.</span>

<span class="RACopyBody">The envelope arrived around 5:30 p.m. Friday. It was taken to Clinton’s Brooklyn headquarters and the 11th floor there was evacuated.</span><p>Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to board her campaign plane at Westchester County Airport in White Plains</p>Andrew Harnik