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A woman who mailed then-President Trump a threatening letter that contained ricin weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced.
Wow, it seems smart to figure out how to make ricin but dumb to mail it to a sitting president.
Now that I think about it for a second, maybe it’s not that hard to make? I guess I’ve never bothered to look because I kinda don’t want to make or have ricin? Crazy, I know.
I’d google it but, don’t really want that in my search history.
IIRC from when someone tried to mail ricin to Obama back when he was president its from crushed up castor bean powder
Cognitohazard detected
Effect: Makes the FBI raid your house if you investigate further
The Feds know not to raid me as I’ve already trained my pet Wendigo the tastes of human flesh.
Ricin comes from castor beans as a byproduct of processing the beans. So it’s not hard to get a hold of, anyone can make it. But it’s not very subtle since it has a reputation. It’s not likely to sneak in under the radar when it comes to a potus, since they’d undoubtedly have preventative measures in place. Someone tried to send Obama ricin in the mail as well in the past, so they’ve certainly dealt with it before.
Even if they didn’t have anything in them, it’s not like the president sits around opening letters.