A Texas couple at the center of the investigation into ricin-tainted letters sent to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are reportedly trading accusations back and forth. CBS News said Nathan Richardson told investigators his wife, Shannon, is attempting to frame him for the mailings. Meanwhile, Shannon Richardson allegedly told family members she believed her husband was trying to poison her and had a “racist” anger towards the president.The letters were sent late last month to Obama, Bloomberg, and Mark Glaze, the director of the gun control group co-founded by Bloomberg. No one was seriously injured by the letters, which blasted gun control efforts. The FBI reportedly began focusing on Nathan Richardson after Shannon Richardson contacted law enforcement and said she saw “strange material” in their refrigerator and ricin-related searches on their home computer.
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