--- title: Hillary Clinton: White Powder at Campaign HQ 'Non-Hazardous' description: White powder sent to Hillary Clinton's campaign office in New York City on Friday has been deemed "non-hazardous," police said canonical: https://time.com/4541715/hillary-clinton-campaign-white-powder-non-hazardous/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-22T12:55:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:27.336Z article:section: Politics og:title: White Powder at Clinton Campaign Headquarters Found 'Non-Hazardous' og:description: The powder tested negative for harmful substances og:url: https://time.com/4541715/hillary-clinton-campaign-white-powder-non-hazardous/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f6f31c196ebcb2d/6988ab305f570f51d5b22ff8/hillary-clinton-white-powder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Ohio Ahead Of Election og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White Powder at Clinton Campaign Headquarters Found 'Non-Hazardous' twitter:description: The powder tested negative for harmful substances twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f6f31c196ebcb2d/6988ab305f570f51d5b22ff8/hillary-clinton-white-powder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # White Powder at Clinton Campaign Headquarters Found 'Non-Hazardous' > Sponsored content. 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Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally at Cuyahoga Community College on Oct. 21, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Oct 22, 2016 12:55 PM UTC White powder sent to [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4541516/hillary-clinton-attacks-donald-trump-khan/)‘s campaign office in New York City on Friday has been [deemed “non-hazardous,”](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/22/politics/white-powder-clinton-campaign/) police said. An envelope containing the powder was delivered to Clinton’s office in midtown Manhattan on Friday and opened by campaign staffers, before being taken to Clinton’s campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, [CNN reported](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/22/politics/white-powder-clinton-campaign/). The Brooklyn building’s 11th floor was evacuated, but the building remained open during the investigation. Four campaign staffers were examined by medical personnel and released. No health issues have been reported, [Clinton](http://time.com/4540867/khizr-khan-ad-hillary-clinton/) campaign spokesman Glen Caplin in a statement, according to CNN. The offices will be open as usual on Saturday, he said. \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/22/politics/white-powder-clinton-campaign/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4541715/hillary-clinton-campaign-white-powder-non-hazardous/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4541715/hillary-clinton-campaign-white-powder-non-hazardous/"},"headline":"White Powder at Clinton Campaign Headquarters Found 'Non-Hazardous'","datePublished":"2016-10-22T12:55:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:27.336Z","description":"The powder tested negative for harmful substances","url":"https://time.com/4541715/hillary-clinton-campaign-white-powder-non-hazardous/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f6f31c196ebcb2d/6988ab305f570f51d5b22ff8/hillary-clinton-white-powder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f6f31c196ebcb2d/6988ab305f570f51d5b22ff8/hillary-clinton-white-powder.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Ohio Ahead Of Election","caption":"Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Ohio Ahead Of Election","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4541715/hillary-clinton-campaign-white-powder-non-hazardous/","name":"White Powder at Clinton Campaign Headquarters Found 'Non-Hazardous'"}}]}] ```