A suspicious package was found at the door of a San Diego congressman's office Thursday afternoon, prompting deputies to evacuate the building.
Just before 5 p.m. officials deemed the item found outside Darrell Issa's office non-suspicious. Officials said the item turned out to be a clear container with a yellow liquid inside.
The call to the San Diego Sheriff's Office came in around 1:15 p.m. Employees were evacuated for roughly four hours while the bomb/arson unit searched Issa's office located at 1800 Thibodo Rd. in Vista.
Issa was in Washington, D.C. since Congress was in session.
He later released a statement in which he detailed a phone call received by his office in Vista.
"A staff member was told that something had been left outside that would explode," Issa said.
He said the phone call followed a protest near his office comprised of people associated with MoveOn.org, Occupy North County and people participating in a counter protest.
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