A four-page manifesto was reportedly sent to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger before a bomb scare disrupted a campaign event for the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
The handwritten letter was sent to Raffensperger on Monday and included a photograph of the Georgia official with the word “Boom” written across his forehead, campaign officials told the New York Times.
Then, on Tuesday morning, law enforcement teams sweeping the Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon discovered a suspicious object inside a vending machine, leading to the evacuation of the airport and delaying a Raffensperger campaign event.
The object was not a bomb, officials said, and it is unclear if there is any connection between the manifesto and the scare.
“The person has not been found yet who issued the threat yesterday,” campaign spokesman Ryan Mahoney said. “We’re still trying to find that person, obviously trying to see if there’s a connection point between the bomb threat [and] the manifesto that was sent yesterday against Brad.”
President Trump infamously sought Raffensperger’s help to “find” votes in the Peach State after the 2020 election.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
