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Illinois man accused of threatening Congress with white substances in letters marked with his return address

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Illinois man accused of threatening Congress with white substances in letters marked with his return address

Matthew Unglesbee allegedly told the FBI the white powder substance was salt and that he mailed the threatening letters to Congress as a joke.

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