Man who had torch and flare arrested at Capitol Visitor Center, police say
CNN’s Annie Grayer and Holmes Lybrand
A man was arrested Tuesday at the Capitol Visitor Center. He “smelled of fuel, had a torch and a flare”Capitol Police said.
A law enforcement official told CNN the man was going through the normal security check and officers saw the flame gun and torch. The man also had two containers that, when USCP opened them, smelled of gasoline, the official said.
The man was immediately handcuffed and, carrying a notebook, told the agents he wanted to go to Congress, the law enforcement official added.
“Our officers just arrested a man who was arrested during our screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC). The man smelled of fuel, had a torch and a flare,” USCP said in a press release.
The Capitol Visitor Center will be closed for the day.
Another arrest in Michigan
A man has been arrested in Michigan for threatening to carry out an attack if Trump wins.
A 25-year-old man was arrested Tuesday morning in Michigan for allegedly threatening to commit a violent attack if former President Donald Trump won the election.
Prosecutors say Isaac Sissel sent a threat to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center in West Virginia.
It read: “I will lead an attack on Christ-like conservative filth in the event Trump wins the election. “I have a stolen Ar15 and a target that I refuse to name so that I can continue to carry out my plans”, the text continues. “Without a specific victim or the ability to find where I hid the gun, there is nothing the FBI can do until I complete the attack.”
Sissel will make his first appearance in federal court this Tuesday afternoon local time.
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