Secret Service interviews suspect over manure sent to Mnuchin

LOS ANGELES — The US Secret Service says it has interviewed someone claiming responsibility for delivering a gift-wrapped package of horse manure addressed to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

The box was found Saturday at the home of Mnuchin’s neighbor in the wealthy Bel Air neighborhood in Los Angeles. The LAPD bomb squad responded to the package, which police say was marked as being from “the American people.”

Secret Service spokesman Cody Starken says that the agency was contacted by Los Angeles police and interviewed a person who claimed responsibility. He declines to identify the person.

Starken says the Secret Service takes all confirmed and alleged threats seriously. He says the agency typically does not comment on possible criminal investigations or interviewing practices.

— AP