Kari Lake's office on lockdown after campaign staffer opened envelope with ‘suspicious’ substance inside

The bureau of Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake was enactment connected lockdown Tuesday aft a run staffer opened a bundle with a "suspicious" substance. 

A run spokesperson told Fox News Digital that an intern astatine the campaign's Phoenix bureau opened an envelope with a suspicious substance and a enactment that said, "caution anthrax." 

The bureau of Kari Lake successful Phoenix, Arizona.  (Kari Lake run provided)

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The run called authorities, prompting a effect from aggregate instrumentality enforcement agencies and a hazmat team. 

Authorities person not confirmed if the substance was anthrax. The run spokesperson said the substance is present being tested. 

Authorities connected country aft an envelope with a suspicious substance was recovered astatine the bureau of Kari Lake.  (Kari Lake run provided)

"The extremist left, with assistance from the mainstream media, has escalated its attacks against maine from baseless smears and ineligible harassment to carnal threats. Today, my bureau received a suspicious envelope, perchance containing anthrax — an effort to intimidate and soundlessness me," Lake said successful a statement. "This isn't conscionable astir me; it’s an onslaught connected our movement. I won’t beryllium intimidated, and those liable indispensable beryllium brought to justice. The clip to unite against these dangerous, un-American tactics is now." 

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