亚利桑那州州长共和党候选人Kari Lake的一名竞选工作人员据称打开了一个装有可疑白色物质的信封竞选总部在凤凰城，她的竞选团队告诉ABC新闻。

“昨天，Kari Lake的一名工作人员打开了一个寄给我们竞选办公室的信封，里面有可疑的白色粉末。这是执法部门没收的两个信封之一，并被送往匡提科的专业人员进行检查，我们正在等待细节，”莱克竞选发言人科尔顿·邓肯在一份声明中告诉ABC新闻。他补充说，该工作人员目前正在接受医疗监督。

凤凰城警察局的菲尔·克林斯基警官在周日接受美国广播公司采访时表示:“警方对40街和驼背路附近一座办公楼的失物招领电话做出了回应。”。“当警察到达时，他们发现邮件中有可疑物品。额外的资源响应收集物品和保护该地区。目前还没有受伤的报告，调查仍在进行中。”

Krynsky告诉ABC新闻，凤凰城警方应对这一事件的额外资源是他们的危险品小组，拆弹小组和联邦调查局。

联邦调查局国家新闻办公室在一份声明中说:“11月6日周日清晨，联邦调查局与我们当地的执法合作伙伴一起，对第40街和驼背路附近一座办公楼的可疑信件报告做出了回应。”"目前不会发布进一步的信息。"

邓肯指出，莱克的竞选总部仍在积极调查中，因此在2022年中期选举前两天关闭供工作人员使用。他说:“我们期待执法部门尽快完成调查。”

“请放心，我们正在非常认真地对待这一安全威胁，我们感谢凤凰城警察局、联邦调查局、急救人员、拆弹小组和危险品处理人员对这一事件做出的反应，”他补充说。“与此同时，要知道我们的决心从未如此之大，我们不会被吓倒。我们将继续全力以赴赢得周二的选举。”

该事件发生不到一周前，一名男子据称闯入莱克的对手，民主党候选人凯蒂·霍布斯州长的竞选总部。

莱克嘲笑了这起盗窃案，称之为“朱西·斯莫利特第二部”

Kari Lake, Republican candidate for Arizona governor, answers a question at a news conference outside her campaign office in Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 3, 2022.

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周日，在可疑物质事件发生后，莱克竞选活动作战室的一条推文质疑媒体是否会“立即指责我们的对手对此负责，就像他们在@ katiehobbsWaterGate上对我们所做的那样?”

霍布斯——他也是亚利桑那州的现任国务卿——在一份声明中谴责了莱克的言论，确认了这次闯入，最终与莱克竞选无关。

霍布斯周日在美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说:“卡莉·莱克竞选办公室报道的事件令人难以置信，我很感激她和她的工作人员没有受到伤害。”“政治暴力、威胁或恐吓在我们的民主中没有立足之地。我强烈谴责这种针对莱克及其工作人员的威胁行为。”

莱克在当天早些时候做了巴士巡回演出后，周六晚上参加了共和党的集会。在舞台上，她提到之前她的汽车轮胎被扎破了。

“你知道我们纵横交错的状态。我们检查过轮胎，很多轮胎。我们不得不更换汽车轮胎。实际上，我们的轮胎被扎了几次，可能是被，你知道，被左派洗脑的人扎的。她说:“在竞选过程中，我们经历了各种疯狂的事情。

FBI called to Kari Lake's headquarters after 'suspicious item' found in mail

A campaign staffer for Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor in Arizona, allegedly opened an envelope holding a suspicious white substance delivered to Lake’scampaign headquartersin Phoenix, her campaign told ABC News.

"Yesterday, a member of the Kari Lake staff opened an envelope delivered to our campaign office that contained suspicious white powder. It was one of two envelopes that were confiscated by law enforcement and sent to professionals at Quantico for examination, and we are awaiting details," Lake campaign spokesperson Colton Duncan told ABC News in a statement. He added that the staff member is currently under medical supervision.

"Officers responded to a found property call at an office building near 40th St. and Camelback Road," Sgt. Phil Krynsky of the Phoenix Police Department told ABC News on Sunday. "When officers arrived, they learned there were suspicious items located inside the mail. Additional resources responded to collect the items and secure the area. There have been no reports of injury and the investigation remains active."

Krynsky told ABC News the additional resources who responded to the incident with Phoenix PD’s were their hazmat team, Bomb Squad and the FBI.

"Early this morning, Sunday, November 6th, the FBI, along with our local law enforcement partners, responded to a report of suspicious letters at an office building near 40th Street and Camelback Road," the FBI National Press Office said in a statement. "No further information will be released at this time."

Duncan, noting that Lake’s campaign headquarters remains under active investigation – and therefore shut for staffers’ use just two days out from the 2022 midterm elections – said: "We look forward to law enforcement completing their investigation as quickly as possible."

"Rest assured, we are taking this security threat incredibly seriously and we are thankful for the Phoenix PD, FBI, first responders, bomb squad, and hazmat crews that responded to this incident,” he added. "In the meantime, know that our resolve has never been higher and we cannot be intimidated. We continue to push full speed ahead to win this election on Tuesday.”

The incident occurred less than a week after a man allegedly broke into Lake’s opponent, Democratic candidate forgovernor Katie Hobbs’ campaign headquarters.

Lake mocked the burglary, dubbing it “Jussie Smollett part two.”

A tweet from Lake campaign’s War Room on Sunday following the incident with the suspicious substance, questioned if the press would "immediately accuse our opponent of being responsible for this like they did to us over@katiehobbsWaterGate?"

Hobbs —- who is also Arizona’s current secretary of state— condemned Lake's rhetoric in a statement confirming the break-in, which ultimately had no ties to the Lake campaign.

"The reported incident at Kari Lake’s campaign office is incredibly concerning and I am thankful that she and her staff were not harmed," Hobbs said in a statement to ABC News on Sunday. "Political violence, threats, or intimidation have no place in our democracy. I strongly condemn this threatening behavior directed at Lake and her staff."

Lake was at a rally with the GOP ticket Saturday evening after making bus tour stops earlier in the day. On stage there, she mentioned previously having her car tires slashed.

"You know that we crisscross the state. We've gone through tires, so many tires. We've had to change our tires on the car. We've actually had our tire slashed a few times, probably by, you know, people who've been brainwashed by the left. We have had all kinds of crazy things happen on the campaign trail," she said.