CBS News reported Robin Patrick Martin was charged over powder letters sent to public officials.

A complaint unsealed Tuesday is the charging document. It is not a conviction. Robin Patrick Martin, Robin Martin, and an unnamed Oklahoma City man are not the same identification. Nontoxic powder, yeast or flour, and an October advisory that testing was still going are not the same lab result. Custody that CBS News could not confirm, and an early Monday arrest in Fox News, are not the same status.

CBS News, by Jacob Rosen, reported November 3, 2026, at 1:15 p.m. EST, that charging documents unsealed Tuesday accuse Robin Patrick Martin of sending more than 700 envelopes containing white powder to public officials of both parties ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. It reported authorities said the powder was nontoxic and that the envelopes had messages written in UV-reactive ink. It reported he is charged with one count of conveying false or misleading information and hoaxes and one count of mailing threatening communications, and that it was not immediately clear whether he had been taken into custody. Roll Call, by Michael Macagnone, posted November 3, 2026, at 2:17 p.m. with no zone printed on that line, reported court records unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma show a complaint against Robin Martin on those same two charges, and that he was set to make a first appearance Tuesday. The page did not print a middle name, and it reported information for an attorney was not immediately available. Fox News, by Sophia Compton, published November 3, 2026, at 11:16 a.m. EST, reported a federal law enforcement source said the FBI arrested an Oklahoma City man early Monday, that an initial appearance was expected Tuesday afternoon, and that the letters went to more than 100 locations. The Fox News story fetched here does not print a defendant's name. Robin Patrick Martin, Robin Martin, and a man with no name in the story are not the same identification. More than 700 envelopes, and more than 100 locations, are not the same count. Not immediately clear whether he was in custody, a first appearance set for Tuesday, and an arrest early Monday are not the same custody line.

CBS News, citing an FBI affidavit, reported the 2024 writings "described perceived issues with the 2020 election, claimed that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election, and voiced concerns regarding some of the same issues recurring in the then-upcoming 2024 election." It reported some messages used return addresses related to previous headquarters of the Green Party of the United States and of Democratic Socialists of America, and that DSA cooperated with the FBI. It reported that on one envelope to the Oklahoma State Election Board he allegedly wrote "stay on the right side of history your life might depend on it!" and that prosecutors allege handwriting in that message was matched to the later letters. It reported the 2026 letters "all pertained to the upcoming 2026 national elections," that he allegedly referenced an organization called the United States Traitor Elimination Army, and that the writings threatened recipients with being arrested for treason "OR WORSE!!" Roll Call reported the substances have so far tested as nontoxic and are believed to be yeast or flour, that the 2024 letters went to election officials in all 50 states, and that some writing could be shown only under ultraviolet light. Nontoxic, in CBS News, and yeast or flour, in Roll Call, are not the same finding. UV-reactive ink, and ultraviolet light, are close. They are not the same sentence. Roll Call reported the 2024 return address was a business office in Maryland and the 2026 return address had been tied to a Democratic Socialists of America office, and that neither address was the sender's. A Green Party address and a DSA address, in CBS News, and a Maryland business office plus a DSA office, in Roll Call, are not the same pair of addresses. Fox News, citing an Oct. 23 FBI advisory, reported no hazardous material had been identified in the substances tested at that point and that laboratory testing remained ongoing. An October advisory, and a Tuesday complaint's lab language, are not the same test.

Roll Call reported the complaint says someone identifying themselves as George Livingston contacted DSA officials in October and said they would be arrested for "TREASON AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," and that those messages had similarities to the 2024 letters. It reported investigators tracked a phone to places the letters were sent from, tracked a car on surveillance footage, and tracked purchases including turmeric and vinegar that could have been used to make ink visible under UV light. CBS News reported surveillance footage allegedly showed the envelopes being dropped at a USPS facility in both 2024 and 2026, and that records allegedly show purchases in August of items used for the mailing and of ingredients for the invisible ink. August purchases of ink ingredients, and turmeric and vinegar, are not the same shopping list. CBS News reported investigators intercepted a message allegedly sent to FBI Director Kash Patel. Roll Call does not print that name. CBS News reported Brendan Donahue, deputy chief inspector at the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, confirmed in October that suspicious mailings went to various addresses nationwide, including secretary of state offices, and that the Senate sergeant at arms notified congressional staff. Fox News reported the FBI's Oklahoma City field office, the FBI Criminal Division, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Capitol Police, and the Oklahoma City Police Department led the investigation. Roll Call reported this case is separate from one announced last week against an Illinois man accused of sending threatening messages to members of Congress. That page does not print the Illinois man's name. A complaint is the accusation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.