Before her arrest in June, she accused her estranged husband Nathaniel of sending the three poisoned letters in an apparent attempt to frame him...
Richardson appeared in a federal court in Texarkana, Texas, on Tuesday, pleading guilty to possessing and producing a biological toxin, which could have carried a sentence of life in prison.
Under the plea deal with federal prosecutors, she faces a maximum of 18 years. She will be formally sentenced at a later date...
Officials say Richardson contacted the FBI on 30 May to implicate her estranged husband, from whom she was getting a divorce, in the letters.
According to a federal indictment, one letter to Mr Obama read: "What's in this letter is nothing compared to what ive got in store for you mr president."
Another letter received by Mr Bloomberg, a gun control advocate, contained a threat to "shoot in the face" anyone who came for the sender's guns.
A third ricin-laced letter was opened by Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a gun control advocacy group founded by Mr Bloomberg...
During a subsequent interview with authorities, Richardson reportedly admitted posting the letters, knowing they contained ricin.
But she claimed her husband had typed them before making her post them. No charges have been filed against Mr Richardson...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25326964
Richardson appeared in a federal court in Texarkana, Texas, on Tuesday, pleading guilty to possessing and producing a biological toxin, which could have carried a sentence of life in prison.
Under the plea deal with federal prosecutors, she faces a maximum of 18 years. She will be formally sentenced at a later date...
Officials say Richardson contacted the FBI on 30 May to implicate her estranged husband, from whom she was getting a divorce, in the letters.
According to a federal indictment, one letter to Mr Obama read: "What's in this letter is nothing compared to what ive got in store for you mr president."
Another letter received by Mr Bloomberg, a gun control advocate, contained a threat to "shoot in the face" anyone who came for the sender's guns.
A third ricin-laced letter was opened by Mark Glaze, director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a gun control advocacy group founded by Mr Bloomberg...
During a subsequent interview with authorities, Richardson reportedly admitted posting the letters, knowing they contained ricin.
But she claimed her husband had typed them before making her post them. No charges have been filed against Mr Richardson...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25326964
