Trump supporter accused of mailing bombs is indicted in NY

A Florida man accused of mailing 16 pipe bombs to critics of President Donald Trump was indicted in New York City on Friday on charges that carry a potential sentence of life in prison, according to a report published on The New York Times.

A federal grand jury returned the 30-count indictment against the man, Cesar A Sayoc Jr, 56, a fervent Trump supporter who was arrested Oct 26 in Plantation, Florida, and brought to New York this week to face charges.

Authorities have said that Sayoc sent homemade bombs fashioned from PVC pipe and glass shards to prominent Democrats - among them Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama - as well as to CNN and private critics of the president like actor Robert DeNiro. His fingerprints were found on two of the envelopes in which the bombs were mailed and DNA evidence links him to 10 of the devices, the government said.

Sayoc was charged in the indictment in connection with what authorities have called a "domestic terrorist attack" that involved the mailing of the crude pipe bombs to more than a dozen targets around the United States.

Sayoc's federal defender, Sarah Baumgartel, declined to comment Friday.

Though the bombs were mailed to targets across the country, the indictment charges Sayoc only in connection with five devices sent to victims in Manhattan and Westchester County, New York, which are both part of the Southern District of New York.