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New York Police swarmed the building associated with Robert De Niro in Tribeca on Thursday after a suspicious package was found
The building contains De Niro's Tribeca Grill restaurant and his film company
Device is believed to be similar to the seven others found this week targeting prominent Democrats and some of Trump's biggest critics
De Niro has been a heavy critic of Trump and launched an expletive-laden attack on the president at the Tony Awards in June
The device was hauled away by the NYPD bomb squad's total containment vessel

Published: 06:44 EDT, 25 October 2018 | Updated: 08:21 EDT, 25 October 2018

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Police are investigating a suspected explosive device sent to Robert De Niro in New York as the manhunt continues for a serial bomber targeting the liberal elite including the Obamas, Clintons and CNN.

New York Police swarmed a building associated with the Hollywood actor in Tribeca early Thursday morning after the suspicious package was found.

The building where the package was sent contains De Niro's Tribeca Grill restaurant and his film company Tribeca Enterprises, which were both evacuated as police investigated.

The NYPD bomb squad blocked off streets to haul the device away in a total containment vessel. The same vehicle was used Wednesday when an explosive device was found at CNN.

The latest device, which was addressed to De Niro, is said to be similar to the seven others found this week targeting prominent Democrats and some of Trump's biggest foes.

De Niro has been a heavy critic of Trump and launched an expletive-laden attack on the president at the Tony Awards in June. In response, Trump called him a 'very low IQ individual'.

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New York Police blocked off streets in Tribeca early Thursday to haul away a suspected explosive device that had been sent to actor Robert De Niro

The building on Greenwich Street in Tribeca was evacuated after the suspicious package was found early Thursday. The building contains Robert De Niro's Tribeca Grill restaurant and his film production company

All the people who have been targeted by the serial bomber are frequently maligned by right-wing critics, including former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder.

De Niro has been a heavy critic of Trump and launched an expletive-laden attack on the president at the Tony Awards in June. In response, Trump called him a 'very low IQ individual'

Former CIA Director John Brennan, prominent billionaire Democratic Party donor George Soros and California Representative Maxine Waters, an outspoken critic of Trump, were also targets.

Police said none of the eight devices found this week have detonated and no injuries have been reported.

The suspicious parcels were intercepted before reaching any intended recipients.

Some top Democrats have called the threats a symptom of a coarsening brand of political rhetoric promoted by Trump, who also condemned the acts.

At a Wisconsin rally on Wednesday night Trump called attention to 'how nice I'm behaving' but he attacked the media in an Thursday morning tweet as police were investigating the device sent to De Niro.

'A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News,' Trump wrote.

'It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!'

The Tribeca Grill (pictured, file photo), on Greenwich Street, was evacuated after the package, thought to contain an explosive, was found early on Thursday

TIMELINE: Packages target prominent Democrats and Trump's foes

Monday: George Soros

Small pipe bomb is found at George Soros' home in the New York City suburb of Katonah on Monday.

Package was located in a mailbox outside the gates of the billionaire liberal donor's compound. A Soros employee opened it just inside the gates and not near the billionaire's quarters.

Tuesday night: Hillary Clinton

Suspicious package is discovered at Hillary and Bill Clinton's home in Chappaqua, New York, late Tuesday night.

The device, which was addressed to Hillary, was found during a routine mail screening by an employee within the vicinity of their home.

Bill was at the home at the time, while Hillary was attending campaign events for Democrats in Florida.

Wednesday: Barack Obama

Secret Service intercept a package en route to Obama's Washington D.C. residence early Wednesday.

It was also discovered during routine mail screenings. Package containing the device was found before being delivered to Obama.

Wednesday: CNN/John Brennan

Suspicious package addressed to former CIA director John Brennan is found in the mail room of CNN's New York Bureau on Wednesday.

CNN evacuated after a pipe bomb and an envelope of white powder was discovered. Brennan is not employed by CNN but he has worked as a television analyst.

Wednesday: Debbie Wasserman Schultz/Eric Holder

Bomb squad is called to the Florida office of the Democratic Congresswoman on Wednesday after a suspicious package is found.

Packages that were intercepted all had Schultz's office listed as a return address.

Package that showed up at her office had actually been sent to former Attorney General Eric Holder but was mailed to the wrong address, so was returned to her instead.

Wednesday: Maxine Waters

A suspicious package addressed to Democratic California congresswoman Maxine Waters was intercepted Wednesday afternoon by Capitol Police.

Hours later, it was confirmed by the FBI that another suspicious package was sent to Waters in California, leading to the evacuation of a mall outside Los Angeles.

Wednesday: Joe Biden

Authorities are investigating a suspicious package that may have been sent to Joe Biden but was misaddressed, according to numerous reports.

Thursday: Tribeca

Police are investigating a suspicious package at a building in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City that houses a restaurant owned by Robert De Niro.

The bomb packages were sent as the nation prepared for November 6 elections that will decide whether Democrats take control of one or both houses of Congress from Republicans and deny Trump the majority his party now holds in both chambers.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

An FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies 'will continue to work to identity and arrest whosoever is responsible for sending these packages', FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement.

Several politicians, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, described it as an act of terrorism.

Investigators were trying to track down another suspicious parcel they believe was addressed to Obama's vice president, Joe Biden, a federal official told Reuters late on Wednesday.

The package sent to CNN contained an envelope of white powder that experts were analyzing, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said.

Some leading Democrats were quick to accuse Trump himself of stoking the potential for political violence by frequently engaging in hyper-partisan, vitriolic rhetoric.

Democratic party leaders in Congress said Trump's call for unity rang hollow because of his past statements condoning acts of violence.

Last week, Trump, who has joined other Republicans in accusing Democrats of encouraging 'mob' tactics, heaped praise on a Montana congressman who assaulted a reporter in 2017.

At an event in Texas on Wednesday, Brennan faulted Trump for frequent inflammatory rhetoric.

The first package, which turned up on Monday, was addressed to Soros, the billionaire financier and advocate of liberal, open-border values who is a frequent target of right-wing conspiracy theories.

The parcel intended for Holder ended up rerouted to the return address printed on all the packages - the Florida office of US Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who formerly chaired the Democratic National Committee, according to the FBI.

The FBI said late on Wednesday it had confirmed that two additional packages, similar in appearance to the others, were addressed to Waters.

An FBI statement said the other packages consisted of a manila envelope with a bubble-wrap interior containing 'potentially destructive devices'.

Each bore a computer-printed address label and six 'Forever' postage stamps.

Other officials said the devices contained in the envelopes were all similar to one found in the mailbox of the Soros home and later detonated by police.

At least one bomb was packed with shards of glass, one federal source said.

The US Secret Service intercepted packages addressed to Obama at his Washington home and to Clinton, the 2016 Democratic nominee for president, at her home in New York state.

The package to Clinton was found late on Tuesday while the one addressed to Obama was recovered early on Wednesday, both during routine off-site mail screenings, the Secret Service said. Obama and Clinton were not at risk, they said.