Officials in Springfield, Ohio closed City Hall Thursday after a bomb threat citing right-wing misinformation was issued to multiple facilities, the city said in a news release.
Donald Trump mentioned Springfield, Ohio during the presidential debate when promoting a false rumor that migrants there are eating people's pets. Local officials have previously confirmed the accounts are not true.
The bomb threat addressed multiple agencies and media outlets in an email that went out shortly before 8:30 a.m. Thursday. The email, obtained by USA TODAY, repeated the misinformation in part of a long prose disparaging Haitian people and saying a bomb in several buildings would detonate in hours.
