Woman Charged With Mailing Threatening Letter To Susan Collins

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 21:  U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks to members of the media after a vote to fund the government December 21, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. The Senate has pass a continuing resolution to temporary fund the government through January 19, 2018.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks to members of the media after a vote to fund the government December 21, 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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A Maine woman is facing federal charges of mailing a threatening letter to the home of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins last year.

An affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Bangor says 37-year-old Suzanne Muscara, of Burlington, mailed starch to the Republican senator’s husband, Thomas Daffron, with a letter that claimed to have been coated with “ricin residue.”

Muscara was arrested Friday. Daffron received the letter in October at the couple’s Bangor home. It was unsigned and accused Collins of having “betrayed the people of Maine.”

The mailing came after Collins cast a key vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Muscara is due in court Monday afternoon. She faces up to 10 years in prison. It’s unclear whether she has an attorney to comment on her behalf.

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  1. “I sent the starch hoping it would help stiffen Sen. Collins’ spine,” Muscara said.

  2. Muscara is stupid, incredibly stupid even, but stupidity has it’s limits.

  3. Short (and sweet) answer: no, no,no,no.

    Better yet: “don’t do it, don’t think about it, do normal things before that.”

    Want a normal Country? Then stop giving pundits ammo.

  4. Didn’t your Mama tell you NEVER PUT ANYTHING IN WRITING??? Still and all, I don’t think this warrants 10 fking years when that treasonous bastid Manafort gets 7…Maybe instead of all the ratfkin’ the Congress has been involved in over the years, they should work on the legal code for a while…

  5. accused Collins of having “betrayed the people of Maine.”

    well, she was half right.
    to bad the other half showed her stupid side.

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