MIAMI ¨C The man accused of mailing 14 pipe bombs to prominent critics of U.S. President Donald Trump was ordered held without bail on Monday as the FBI confirmed a similar suspicious package addressed to CNN had been intercepted.

Sayoc, his salt-and-pepper hair pulled back into a ponytail, remained largely silent, only acknowledging Judge Edwin Torres¡¯ reading of the charges against him.

Shackled and wearing a beige jumpsuit, the 56-year-old man began to tear up, and the three attorneys with him stood shoulder to shoulder to obscure news reporters¡¯ and photographers¡¯ view of him.

Sayoc was scheduled to appear in court in Miami again on Friday morning.

The former male stripper and part-time pizza deliveryman is charged with five felony counts: interstate transportation and illegal mailing of explosives, threatening a former president, making threatening interstate communications and assaulting federal officers.

In Atlanta, the FBI confirmed that a suspicious package addressed to CNN¡¯s headquarters there had been intercepted.

News of that latest package surfaced with just over a week to go in highly charged political campaigns across the nation leading up to Nov. 6 elections, in which Democrats are battling to seize control of a Congress now held by Trump¡¯s Republican Party.

Tensions prompted by the pipe bombs ratcheted up even further after a gunman opened fire at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, killing 11 worshipers while yelling ¡°All Jews must die.¡±

Last week¡¯s bombs were sent to a range of prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, and other frequent targets of Trump¡¯s scorn, including CNN.

Sayoc¡¯s case is expected to be moved to New York, where he will be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office there, officials said.

A public defender listed as Sayoc¡¯s attorney of record in New York, Sarah Baumgartel, did not respond to requests for comment.