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REPORT: White House Ricin Attacker Is Illegal Immigrant From Canada, Also Targeted Immigration Officials

Emily Zanotti
REPORT: White House Ricin Attacker Is Illegal Immigrant From Canada, Also Targeted Immigration Officials
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A woman who mailed an envelope last with ricin to the White House, addressed to President Donald Trump, is an illegal immigrant from Canada, according to new reports released Tuesday, who may have mailed the poison letters as revenge for being targeted by Texas immigration officials back in March of 2019.

The New York Post names the suspect as 53-year-old Pascale Ferrier of Quebec, who was detained last year in Texas after authorities discovered she’d been using a fake driver’s license and had overstayed her visa. She pleaded not guilty to charges that she broke immigration law and the charges were eventually dismissed because it was her “first offense,” according to the CBC. She spent just 20 days in jail before being released.

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