‘Smelled like fuel’
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Capitol Police (USCP) arrested a man at the Capitol who “smelled like fuel” and was carrying a blowtorch and a flare gun on Tuesday, according to a USCP announcement.
Theman,whosenamewasnotimmediatelydisclosed,wasdetainedduringthescreeningprocesstoentertheCapitolVisitorsCenter,accordingtotheUSCP.ThearrestcomesduringatimeofincreasedsecurityaroundtheCapitolandelsewhereinWashington,D.C.,wherebarriershavebeenerectedaroundtheWhiteHouseandthevicepresident’sresidenceinanticipationoftheelectionNov.5,accordingtoFox59Monday.
“Themansmelledlikefuel,hadatorch&aflaregun,”theUSCPsaidinapostonX.
Thesuspect’svehiclewaslocatedbythepoliceshortlyafterthearrest,accordingtotheCapitolPolice.TheCapitolclosedtoursastheinvestigationcontinues.(WatchTheDailyCaller’sDocumentary‘Rigged’HERE)
Themanallegedlyhada25-pagemanifestothatheintendedtodelivertocongress,whichallegedlycontainedanti-Israelandgovernmentstatements,asourcetoldFoxNewsreporterChadPergram.Healsoallegedlywasactingalonean
