Man Who Sent White Powder To Donald Trump Jr. Arrested: Feds

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Federal law enforcement agents arrested a man accused of sending a letter with a mysterious white powder to the Midtown home of Donald Trump Jr.'s mother-in-law, the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts announced.

Daniel Frisiello, 24, was arrested Thursday morning after FBI agents raided his Beverly, Massachusetts, home. Frisiello is charged with five counts of mailing a threat to injure and five counts of false information and hoaxes, federal prosecutors announced.

"You are an awful, awful person," Frisiello's letter to Trump Jr. said, according to a federal criminal complaint. "I am surprised that your father lets you talk on TV. You make the family idiot, Eric, look smart. This is the reason why people hate you, so you are getting what you deserve. So shut the **** up!"

Frisiello also sent letters with threats and powder to an interim U.S. attorney in California, a Stanford University law professor, Michigan Sen. Deborah Stabenow of Michigan and actor Antonio Sabato Jr. — who was an avid supporter of Donald Trump and is running for congress in California — according to a federal criminal complaint.

“Beyond terrifying the victims, these incidents caused law enforcement agencies around the country to spend time and money deploying emergency response units," United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Andrew E. Lelling. "Thankfully, the white powder in these letters was inert and no one was harmed."

Donald Trump Jr.'s wife, Vanessa Trump, was hospitalized after opening a letter sent to her mother's apartment on East 54th Street near First Avenue, law enforcement sources said. Vanessa Trump's mother, Bonnie Haydon, was also taken to the hospital as a precaution, law enforcement sources said.

A third person was taken to the hospital but was not identified, an FDNY spokeswoman said.

Investigators declared that the substance sent to Trump Jr was not hazardous, an NYPD spokeswoman said. It was later confirmed to be cornstarch and was accompanied a letter, law enforcement sources said. The envelope was sent to Haydon's Midtown apartment from Boston, law enforcement sources said.

Donald Trump Jr. married Vanessa Trump in 2005. Trump Jr. currently serves as an executive at The Trump Organization and played a key role in his father's presidential campaign.

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