President Donald Trump on Friday called on Americans to come together shortly after a Florida man was arrested in connection with a dozen mail bombs sent to an array of the president's public foils.
"The bottom line is that Americans must unify," Trump said. "We must show the world that we are united together in peace and love and harmony as fellow American citizens. There is no country like our country."
Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, Fla., was taken into custody earlier in the day and is expected to face federal criminal charges in the matter, according to NBC News.
The president said he instructed law enforcement to spare no expense in prosecuting "them, him, her, whoever it may be to the fullest extent of the law."
"These terrorizing acts are despicable and have no place in our country," Trump said.
The Justice Department said that more information would be made available at an afternoon news conference.
Trump congratulated law enforcement for doing an "incredible, incredible job."
"It's a needle in a hay stack, how do you do this so quickly," he said.
The president had previously tied the mail bombs to efforts to hamstring Republican electoral chances.
Earlier in the day, Trump said that "now this 'Bomb' stuff" threatened to slow GOP momentum headed into the midterms next month. In a post on Twitter Thursday, he blamed the "purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News" for increasing levels of anger in society.
The devices were sent to some of Trump's most vocal critics, including the liberal billionaire George Soros, former presidential contender Hillary Clinton, and former President Barack Obama. Another device was addressed to Obama's CIA director John Brennan, care of CNN.
The targets include those who have faced the president's harshest attacks on the campaign trail and at his rallies as president.
On Friday, law enforcement officials said two more devices had been intercepted, addressed to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, also via CNN, and to Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.
The president was speaking Friday at a Young Black Leadership Summit at the White House.
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