Secretary of State’s office receives ‘suspicious’ letter with threats, white powder

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating a suspicious letter sent to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s (SOS) Office on Friday, the latest in a nationwide series of letters sent to congressional and election offices and secretaries of state’s offices. RELATED: Authorities investigate letters with ‘suspicious substances’ sent to congressional, election offices The Minnesota Department of Administration discovered the letter, which included a threatening letter and unidentified white powder, on Friday, the SOS office said. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is testing the mail. In a statement, the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon called the threats “unacceptable.” “Threats against election workers are unacceptable and should not be tolerated. Our office will not be deterred and will continue to support the thousands of election officials across the state as they administer elections to their communities. We are deeply grateful to the Minnesota Depar