One of Senator Cory Booker’s staff members was taken into custody for having a firearm on the Capitol premises prior to Booker kicking off his lengthy speech denouncing President Donald Trump’s policies.
Booker spent Monday night giving a nonstop address on the Senate floor protesting the Trump administration’s policies.
Minutes before the lawmaker started his speech, which is still ongoing, his staffer Kevin Batts was arrested because he didn’t go through security.
Batts, 59, is a special assistant for the New Jersey senator.
The Capitol Police stated that a Congressional staff member guided Batts through the security screening area outside the Senate Galleries on Monday afternoon, as reported by The U.S. Sun.
Batts, a retired cop, told officers he was armed.
He was then arrested for carrying a pistol without a license.
The United States Capitol Police highlighted, “Regardless of being a former law enforcement officer or possessing a valid permit to carry a weapon in another state or in the District of Columbia, firearms are not allowed on Capitol Grounds.”
Booker’s office hasn’t returned The U.S. Sun’s request for comment.
