Jeff Sessions: Mail bombing suspect who targeted Democrats 'appears to be a partisan'

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• Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the suspect in connection with a string of bombs found in the mail addressed to prominent Democrats "appears to be a partisan." 
• Sessions spoke in a press conference hours after federal authorities announced they had arrested a suspect for mailing more than a dozen suspicious packages to public figures, including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 
• Sessions said 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc Jr. faces up to 58 years in prison if found guilty. 

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a press conference Friday that the suspect arrested by federal authorities in connection to a string of attempted bombings  "appears to be a partisan." 

Cesar Sayoc Jr. was arrested Friday morning after more than a dozen suspicious packages were mailed to public figures, including prominent Democrats such as former President Barack Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 

When asked by a reporter why the suspect targeted Democrats, Sessions at first said he didn't know, then said the suspect appears to have acted in a "partisan" interest. 

"I don't know other than what you might normally expect," Sessions said. "He appears to be a partisan."

Sessions continued: "But that would be determined by the facts as the case goes forward and I'm not able to comment on that." 

Sayoc, a 56-year-old Florida resident, faces up to 58 years in prison if found guilty, Sessions said. After his arrest, Sayoc is reportedly being questioned by FBI agents with the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

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