‘Suspicious envelope’ sent to Kari Lake’s office deemed safe after lockdown, police say

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. 

Officers and firefighters cleared the gathering and sent successful a squad to analyse the substance. 

Authorities are investigating the suspicious substance.  (Kari Lake run provided)

The Phoenix Police Department said the substance was tested and deemed "non-hazardous." 

"There were nary contiguous threats to the assemblage and the occupants of the gathering volition beryllium allowed entree shortly. Investigators person been assigned," Phoenix constabulary told Fox News Digital successful a statement. 

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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A hazmat squad arrives connected country astatine Kari Lake's office. (Kari Lake run provided)

Lake's Democratic opponent, Ruben Gallego wrote connected X: "I condemn immoderate enactment of unit of threats against Kari Lake, her office, oregon different nationalist officials." 

"My thoughts are with the staffer involved, and I'm grateful for the swift effect by @PhoenixPolice, @PHXFire, and the hazmat team," helium said. "I anticipation everything is resolved safely and quickly."