Los Angeles, CA – A gift-wrapped package addressed to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s home in a posh Los Angeles neighborhood that was suspected of being a bomb was instead filled with horse manure, police told local media.
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The package was found Saturday evening in a next-door neighbor’s driveway in Bel Air, the Los Angeles Police Department told the Los Angeles Times and KNBC television, the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles. The package also included a Christmas card with negative comments about President Donald Trump and the new U.S. tax law signed by Trump last week.
Reuters could not reach LAPD officials for comment on Sunday.
An LAPD bomb squad X-rayed the package before opening it and found the horse manure inside, police told local media. Aerial footage from KNBC showed officers investigating a large box in wrapping paper, then dumping a large amount of what they later identified as the manure and opening the card that was included inside.
Mnuchin, who KNBC said was not home when the package was discovered, is a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc executive and Hollywood film financier.
A road in Bel Air was closed for about two hours, KNBC reported.
The U.S. Secret Service is also investigating the incident, according to the TV station.
I don’t approve of what the person who sent that “gift”, did. However, the recipient is not an ethical person. Formerly, he was head of a bank, which during the financial crisis, foreclosed on people’s mortgages in error, and threw them out of their homes, even though they had made the payments. When Mnuchin appeared before the Senate, during his confirmation hearings, he lied about that. The Senate saw threw his lies. Even though he was ultimately confirmed, the vote to confirm was not overwhelming. His shiksa wife also has high tastes; recently, both he and his wife were caught using an official government jet for personal business. I believe they had to repay the government for that.
What an expensive, useful gift. His garden will grow better than ever.
To #4 -Not fake rumors at all; there were individuals who were contacted who owned homes, who were negatively affected by his bank, during the financial crisis; they confirmed the above account. Apropos to the airplane, it is against the law for government officials to use a plane, for personal benefits (United States Code).
The senders of this “gift” were actually performing a useful service. We tend to advise people to not take work home. Okay. Maybe he did not take any home. SO some generous people decided to send him some.