Authorities stopped a person with a machete from coming into the Capitol, the U.S. Capitol Police stated Wednesday.
In a thread on the social platform X Wednesday afternoon, Capitol Police stated a person tried to enter the Capitol Customer Heart with a machete, with officers having “stopped and arrested” him round 2:00 p.m. EST. The person’s bag was found to have a machete in it by officers amid a safety screening, Capitol Police added, and the person was arrested.
Capitol Police additionally stated of their thread that apart from the machete, the bag additionally had three knives in it, and that “multiple charges of Carrying a Dangerous Weapon” are behind the person’s arrest.
“We will provide more information once it is available,” Capitol Police stated of their thread.
The Capitol Police’s thread comes only some days after the four-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 riots on the Capitol. On that day, a number of police have been injured as rioters stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful try to overturn President-elect Trump’s defeat within the 2020 presidential election.
Trump has promised to grant clemency to rioters who confirmed up on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The president-elect has additionally implied that some pardons might be issued within the first hours of his second time period.
