Woman pleads guilty to sending ricin in 2020 letter to Donald Trump

Pascale Ferrier (Hidalgo County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office, via AP)

A Canadian woman has pleaded guilty to sending a threatening letter containing the poison ricin to then-US president Donald Trump at the White House.

The letter from Pascale Ferrier directing Mr Trump to “give up and remove your application for this election” was intercepted at a mail sorting facility in September 2020, before it could reach the White House.