A Massachusetts man has been arrested on suspicion of sending an envelope of white powder to Donald Trump Jr.’s New York City apartment.
Trump Jr.’s wife, Vanessa, was taken to the hospital after she opened the envelope, last month. The powder later turned out to be cornstarch.
Daniel Frisiello, of Beverly, was arrested today and is expected to appear in federal court in Worcester later Thursday. It could not immediately be determined if he has a lawyer.
Daniel Frisiello, (pictured) of Beverly, was arrested today on suspicion of sending an envelope of white powder to Donald Trump Jr.’s New York City apartment
Vanessa Trump was hospitalized after opening a letter with a white powder inside of it. She’s pictured above with her husband, Donald Trump Jr., in April 2016
Federal authorities say he also sent letters containing power to four other people, including the office of Sen. Debbie Stabenow, of Michigan.
His Facebook is filled with fawning stories and posts about the British Royal Family, as well as lots of anti-Trump sentiment. He’s also a fan of Alec Baldwin’s Trump impression and MSNBC host Mika Bzezinski
Frisiello reportedly sent the letter to president’s son on February 12.
Vanessa Trump was at her parents’ apartment in a building in Manhattan’s Midtown East opened the envelope, which was addressed to her husband, and when she found the powder, she reportedly tarted coughing and feeling nauseous, a source with direct knowledge of the incident told DailyMail.com.
The former model, 40, her mother Bonnie Haydon, who also handled the letter, and another person, were decontaminated and taken to New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center as a precaution, New York City Fire Department officials said.
Law enforcement sources confirmed the powder turned out to be cornstarch.
An NYPD spokesman added that it was ‘deemed to be non-hazardous’ and is being taken to their lab for ‘further analysis’.
Donald Jr tweeted that he was glad that his wife and children ‘are safe and unharmed’
A Hazmat truck was seen outside Vanessa Trump’s parent’s apartment building after the incident on February 12
The view outside NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where Mrs Trump was taken on Monday
The daughter-in-law of President Trump and former model is pictured above in new York City on January 31
Sister-in-law Ivanka Trump sent her thoughts from Washington, DC after the incident on Monday
Trump Jr. later tweeted his fury over the incident.
‘Thankful that Vanessa & my children are safe and unharmed after the incredibly scary situation that occurred this morning.
‘Truly disgusting that certain individuals choose to express their opposing views with such disturbing behavior,’ Donald Jr tweeted after the incident.
President Donald Trump spoke to his daughter-in-law shortly after she arrived at the hospital.
Donald Jr’s sister Ivanka sent her thoughts from Washington, DC.
‘Thinking of @MrsVanessaTrump & wishing I was by her side today. No one deserves to be frightened this way. There is no excuse,’ she tweeted
President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, weighed in with a statement of his own.
‘How disturbed must a person be to do what they did to a mother of five young children? This dangerous and reckless act goes beyond political differences,’ Cohen said according to the Post.
The incident recalled the scary days after 9/11 when letters containing lethal anthrax spores were sent to the offices of several politicians and media outlets – resulting in five deaths.
Donald Jr, 40, is the eldest son of President Trump, followed by his sister Ivanka, 36; brother Eric, 34; half-sister Tiffany, 24; and half-brother Barron, 11.
As a child of the president, Donald Jr and his family were assigned a Secret Service detail when his father was elected. He voluntarily gave up his Secret Service protection in September, wanting more privacy, but his detail was reinstated about a week later.
Donald Jr and his wife are pictured above with four of their five children voting on election day in 2016
Don Jr and model Vanessa Hayden married in August 2005 at his father’s Mar-a-lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The pair were actually introduced by the future president when Don Jr attended a fashion show with his father the previous year. Having met at the beginning of the show, Trump Sr was said to be so smitten with Vanessa that he re-introduced his son to her at intermission. ‘Donald comes back up to me again, “I don’t think you’ve met my son Donald Trump Jr,’ Vanessa told The New York Times in 2006. She responded “Yeah, we just met, five minutes ago”.
The couple finally started a relationship after being introduced a third time at a party by a mutual friend. Trump Jr, then 26, proposed to her in front of a jewelry store, complete with paparazzi, with a $100,000 engagement ring, which he is said to have wrangled for free in return for publicity.
They have five children, daughters Kai, 10, and Chloe, three; and sons Donald III, eight, Tristan, six, and Spencer, five – all of whom regularly feature on Don Jr’s Instagram account.
Since his father and sister Ivanka moved to Washington, DC., Donald Jr and his younger brother Eric have taken over control of their family company.
Last year, Eric was sent a threatening letter with a white powder in it to his New York City apartment as well.