Man identified as man who sent Mnuchin box of manure

A Los Angeles psychologist says he hand-delivered gift-wrapped package of manure to Steve Mnuchin’s Bel Air mansion because the GOP tax bill is ‘bulls***’ .

Robby Strong identified himself as the man who dropped off a box of horse manure at Mnuchin’s house in an interview with AL.com. 

He likened himself to Jesus and said the stunt was an ‘act of political theater,’ to show that ‘Republicans have done nothing for the American worker.’ 

‘What I did, I would like to compare to what Jesus did when he went into a temple and overturned the tables of money-changers, who were exploiting the people financially in the name of religion,’ Strong told KPCC. 

He said he thinks the new GOP tax bill does just that to the American people.  

Robby Strong identified himself as the man who dropped off a box of horse manure at Mnuchin’s house in an interview with AL.com

Steve Mnuchin, Sept 2017

He likened himself to Jesus and said the stunt was an 'act of political theater,' to show that 'Republicans have done nothing for the American worker'

He likened himself to Jesus and said the stunt was an ‘act of political theater,’ to show that ‘Republicans have done nothing for the American worker.’

Strong, who works for the LA Department of Mental Health, was an organizer of the Occupy LA movement and sides with critics of the $1.5trillion tax overhaul – saying it favors corporations and the wealthy. 

 He said he got the poop from a friend of his who owns horses, put it in a box, and wrapped it up like a Christmas present. 

Strong also attached a card addressed to Mnuchin and Trump reading: ‘We’re returning the “gift of the Christmas tax bill. It’s bulls***.”

‘Warmest wishes, The American People. P.S. – Kiss Donald for me.’ 

When the box was delivered to Mnuchin’s Bel Air Mansion a bomb squad was called to make sure the stinky gift wasn’t anything more explosive. 

Before delivering the ‘gift’ on Saturday, Strong posted several images on Facebook – one in which he holds a shovel and is posed next to a box, and another with the box full of poo. 

‘I need someone to ride along and document my Secret Santa project,’ he wrote in the post. 

‘I’m going to hand deliver boxes of horse s*** to Steve Mnuchin over in Beverly Hills. No disguises, no fake names. Totally owning this one. You’re only powerless if you do nothing!!’

Strong also attached a card addressed to Mnuchin and Trump reading: 'We're returning the "gift of the Christmas tax bill. It's bulls***"'

Strong also attached a card addressed to Mnuchin and Trump reading: ‘We’re returning the “gift of the Christmas tax bill. It’s bulls***”‘

Before delivering the 'gift' on Saturday, Strong posted several images on Facebook - one in which he holds a shovel and is posed next to a box, and another with the box full of poo

Before delivering the ‘gift’ on Saturday, Strong posted several images on Facebook – one in which he holds a shovel and is posed next to a box, and another with the box full of poo

Strong said he's surprised he hasn't been arrested yet by the Secret Service, though he was questioned at his home

Strong said he’s surprised he hasn’t been arrested yet by the Secret Service, though he was questioned at his home

He delivered two boxes – one to a smaller home Mnuchin owns in Beverly Hills and another to his Bel Air Mansion. That is where the bomb squad was called to.

At the time of the delivery Mnuchin was not in Los Angeles, according to CBS. 

Strong said he’s surprised he hasn’t been arrested yet by the Secret Service, though he was questioned at his home. 

‘I just got interviewed by the Secret Service and I’ve now joined some of my heroes like Timothy Leary and Martin Luther King,’ he told AL.com. 

‘[Agents] just showed up in my yard.’ 

Strong says he was just exercising his first amendment rights when he delivered the ‘gift,’ insisting that he never thought it could be perceived as a bomb threat.

‘It was pure organic horse s***, just like everything that admniistratino’s done so far,’ he wrote on Facebook. 

‘Bomb scares certainly were not my intention, but maybe they should be a little scared, eh.’ 

He also pointed out that there’s no law that technically forbids mailing hazardous waste.

‘Is there a law that you can’t drop off a box of poo? Not really,’ he told AL.com 

The bomb squad was sent in saturday night after neighbors noted a suspicious package in Mnuchin’s driveway. 

Aerial footage from above his driveway shows members of the bomb squad dealing with the package 

Aerial footage from above his driveway shows members of the bomb squad dealing with the package 

A huge pile of manure is seen spilling out from the package onto the driveway in Bel Air 

A huge pile of manure is seen spilling out from the package onto the driveway in Bel Air 

Munchin and his wife, Scottish actress Louise Linton, visited the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to see some of the first dollar bills marked with Mnuchin’s name in November 

Authorities said a call came in around 7.30 pm on Saturday regarding a suspicious package labeled to Mnuchin that a neighbor spotted in a driveway in the 900 block of Bel Air Road,ABC 7 reported. 

Pictures from the scene show the package was wrapped with Christmas paper. 

No one was evacuated from the scene and the package was cleared at around 8pm, reports suggest. 

Mnuchin has yet to comment on the package. The Trump cabinet member has drawn controversy in recent months for pictures taken with his wife Louise Linton.

In November he said that he didn’t really mind being compared to a Bond villain.

‘I guess I should take that as a compliment that I look like a villain in a great, successful James Bond movie,’ Mnuchin, a former film producer, told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace.

His comments came after he and and his Scottish actress spouse, visited the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to see some of the first dollar bills marked with Mnuchin’s name.

 



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