A man pleads guilty to sending white powder to his Trump sons

A Massachusetts man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to sending threatening letters of white powder to the son of US President Donald Trump, Republican congressional candidate and others.

Among the letters sent by 25-year-old Daniel Frisiello was a letter to Donald Trump Jr., which was opened in February by his now-separated wife, Vanessa. She called 911 and was briefly hospitalized after announcing that she was coughing and that she was feeling nauseated. Substances in all letters proved to be non-dangerous.

Frisiello, who was wearing a dark suit, looked down at him and put his hand on his mouth as the prosecutor read Frisiello's letters in the courtroom full of blasphemies and insults.

US Attorney General Scott Garland said Frisiello was a "prolific writer" who had written to public figures and celebrities to share his ideas and ask for autographs. But he also had a "darker side," Garland said.

Frisiello's lawyer, William Fick, declined to comment after the hearing. Fick told the judge that Frisiello suffered from significant brain and cognitive problems related to brain damage at birth. He added that Frisiello was profoundly autistic and was suffering from an anxiety disorder.

Frisiello, who has been out of jail since March, was allowed to return home on Wednesday, where he was subjected to restrictions. It is forbidden to send anything by mail. He will be sentenced in January and has agreed not to appeal his sentence if it is seven years and one year or less.

Frisiello also sent a white letter to Eric Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, in which it was stated that his father had to abandon the race or that the next letter would not be false, said Garland.

Other recipients included Debbie Stabenow, US Democratic Senator from Michigan; Michelle Dauber, Professor of Law at Stanford University, who advocated the recall of California Judge Aaron Persky; and Antonio Sabato Jr., a former Republican model and soap opera actor who appears at Congress in California.

Frisiello also sent threatening letters to New England law enforcement officials warning them to stop an investigation into Nathan Carman, a Vermont man accused by relatives of killing his grandson – millionaire father and his mother to collect money, Garland said. In another letter, he threatened to fire on the deputy prosecutor who sued Michelle Carter, a Massachusetts woman who sent dozens of text messages to her boyfriend asking her to commit suicide, Garland said.

The letter he sent to Donald Trump Jr. contained a message saying, "You're making the family a fool, Eric, be smart."

"That's why people hate you, so you get what you deserve," the message said.