White Powder Mailed To Trump Jr, Wife Hospitalized: NYPD

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law was sent to the hospital Monday morning after opening a letter containing a suspicious powder, an NYPD spokeswoman said. The letter was addressed to Donald Trump Jr., but sent to his mother-in-law's home on East 54th Street near First Avenue, law enforcement sources said.

Vanessa Trump opened the letter around 10 a.m., an NYPD spokeswoman said. She was sent to the hospital for evaluation, police said. 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 has not yet been 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.

"Thankful that Vanessa & my children are safe and unharmed after the incredibly scary situation that occurred this morning," Trump Jr. said in a statement. "Truly disgusting that certain individuals choose to express their opposing views with such disturbing behavior."

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.

Additional reporting by Colin Miner/Patch

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