Congressman Peter King at the Old Westbury Country Club. (March...

Congressman Peter King at the Old Westbury Country Club. (March 24, 2011) Credit: Howard Schnapp

Postal authorities recently intercepted a package addressed to Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) that contained a frozen pig's hoof and a letter with an anti-Semitic rant, congressional sources said Monday.

The sender apparently mistakenly believed that King, a Roman Catholic, is Jewish, the sources said. King, who learned about the package Monday, declined to comment.

Capitol Police are investigating a suspicious package addressed to King but declined to comment. The package arrived just weeks after King held a controversial hearing on Muslim radicalization in America.

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