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 Five civilians and a police officer were isolated and evaluated by
emergency personnel after authorities responded to the location for
a report of a suspicious white powder around 8:05 p.m. EDT, New York
Fire Department spokesman John Ryan said.
About two hours later, a police spokesman said that authorities
found that the white substance Trump Tower was harmless, but
investigators were still trying to determine what exactly it was.
Local broadcaster WNBC, citing law enforcement sources, said the
powder was found on the fifth floor of the building, near the
campaign offices of Donald Trump, the Republican presidential
front-runner.
Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks directed all questions to the
U.S. Secret Service. A spokesperson for the agency could not be
reached immediately for comment.
Trump was campaigning in Costa Mesa, California at the time of the
incident, according to his schedule online.
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Last month, a threatening letter containing a granular substance was
sent to Trump's son, Eric, urging an end to his father's
presidential campaign.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco and Brendan O'Brien in
Milwaukee; Editing by Tom Brown and Simon Cameron-Moore)
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