Pipe bomb suspect ‘had list of targets and put explosives together in van’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>The man suspected of sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and other opponents of President Donald Trump kept a list of elected officials and others who investigators believe were intended targets&comma; a source has told the Associated Press&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The disclosure came as 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc made his initial court appearance in Miami Federal Court and after bomb squads were called to a post office in Atlanta about a suspicious package sent to CNN&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The official said authorities recovered soldering equipment&comma; a printer and stamps similar to those used on the package bombs in the investigation into Sayoc&comma; who was arrested last week in Florida&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities believe Sayoc was putting explosives together in his van&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The official also said that&comma; as part of the investigation&comma; authorities were scrutinising Sayoc’s social media posts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The FBI said via its Twitter account that the recovered package in Atlanta was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;similar in appearance” to the bubble-wrapped manila envelopes authorities say were sent by Sayoc to intended targets from Delaware to California&comma; including former President Barack Obama&comma; former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Joe Biden&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CNN President Jeff Zucker says all mail to CNN has been screened off-site since last week&comma; when a series of package bombs began appearing around the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among them were two apparent mail bombs sent to CNN&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At least some listed a return address of Debbie Wasserman Schultz&comma; former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She represents the South Florida district where the former male stripper&comma; pizza delivery driver and strip club DJ lived in an older van covered with bumper stickers praising Mr Trump&comma; disparaging Democrats and CNN and showing rifle crosshairs over liberals like Mrs Clinton and film-maker Michael Moore&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At Monday’s hearing&comma; federal prosecutors said they will seek to keep Sayoc jailed until trial as a flight risk and a danger to the community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A judge set another hearing for Friday on whether to grant bail to Sayoc and to discuss when he will be sent from Miami to New York&comma; where five federal charges were filed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of Sayoc’s attorneys&comma; Daniel Aaronson&comma; urged people not to rush to judgment based on media reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Right now&comma; we know very&comma; very&comma; very little&comma;” Aaronson said of the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We do not know all the evidence the government has&period; You have to keep in mind he has not been found guilty of anything&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sayoc&comma; shackled at the wrists and ankles and wearing a tan jail jumpsuit&comma; said little at the hearing but at one point appeared to be in tears&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Aaronson said he did not know what made Sayoc seem emotional but noted he is facing decades in prison if convicted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although authorities did not immediately say who might be responsible for the most recent package to CNN&comma; the FBI said it believes the package discovered on Monday is similar to those Sayoc is accused of sending&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Law enforcement officials have said they believe the packages were staggered and more could be discovered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sayoc was arrested on Friday outside a south Florida car parts store after investigators said they identified him through fingerprint and DNA evidence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Authorities say Sayoc faces more than 50 years in prison if convicted on all charges&period; 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