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BREAKING: Capitol Police Arrest Top Dem Staffer (caught trying to smuggle ammo into the Cannon House Office Building. )
PJ Media ^ | 12-2-24 | Paula Bolyard

Posted on 12/02/2024 11:27:33 AM PST by dynachrome

Well, this is a bit odd. The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a congressional staffer on Monday morning after he was caught trying to smuggle ammo into the Cannon House Office Building.

The staffer works for Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), who currently serves on the House Appropriations Committee and is the Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration.

The USCP said in a statement:

At approximately 8:45 a.m., a House staffer entered the Cannon House Office Building and put his bag through screening. USCP officers noticed what appeared to be ammunition on the x-ray screen. After a hand search of the bag, officers found four ammunition magazines and eleven rounds of ammunition. The staffer told the officers that he forgot the ammunition was in the bag. 38-year-old Michael Hopkins was arrested, and he is facing charges for unlawful possession of ammunition, including one charge for possession of a high-capacity magazine.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ammo; cannon; capitolhill; capitolpolice; caught; chrispowell; dem; districtofcolumbia; joemorelle; jostiles; michaelhopkins; newyork; paulabolyard; staging; wroc
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"Forgot" Yeah, sure. Is the weapon already there? To be smuggled in later?

Tinfoil: For when President Trump addresses Congress?

1 posted on 12/02/2024 11:27:33 AM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

yeah, they haven’t given up. Trump better be made aware.


2 posted on 12/02/2024 11:29:58 AM PST by dadfly
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To: dynachrome

Always commies doing what commies do best..you can bet this wont be mentioned in the commie press since the perp has a D next to his name


3 posted on 12/02/2024 11:30:34 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: dynachrome

Article:

“he forgot the ammunition was in the bag”

What was he using it for—shooting at random commuters?

Lol.


4 posted on 12/02/2024 11:31:04 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: dynachrome

From his photo, he looks like a white supremacist for sure.


5 posted on 12/02/2024 11:32:13 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: dynachrome
According to his House bio, Morelle is a member of the Gun Violence Task Force, which makes this a little awkward, no?

Only for someone with morals. Biden could issue a pardon for the guy. I mean, it is called the Cannon House Office Building, isn't it? Natural mistake.

6 posted on 12/02/2024 11:32:20 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: dynachrome

Quick, Joe! Issue another pardon!
🤨


7 posted on 12/02/2024 11:33:18 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: dynachrome

Tinfoil...

Yes, did the bullets have anyone’s name on them?


8 posted on 12/02/2024 11:33:20 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: dynachrome

Morelle is likely furious. M gets voted in easily...like 65% of the vote.


9 posted on 12/02/2024 11:35:05 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: dynachrome

Staging


10 posted on 12/02/2024 11:35:59 AM PST by Skwor
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To: dynachrome

Gotta love his own anti-gun policies biting his own ass.


11 posted on 12/02/2024 11:35:59 AM PST by Manic_Episode (Harpazo imminent. Each post may be my last. It's been real =)
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The staffer told the officers that he forgot

Oh, he must be the staffer who writes for Hillary Clinton and Chris Wray.

12 posted on 12/02/2024 11:36:18 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: dynachrome

That’s a bit scary given the fact that this person is both anti-gun and very anti-Trump.

What did he have planned?

The law about permits for ammo is stupid, but it is what it is and that’s what the voters in DC apparently want.

However, carrying a mag full of ammo into the Cannon House Office building makes me wonder a) where is the firearm, and b) does he have a permit for it; c) when and where was that firearm purchased?


13 posted on 12/02/2024 11:37:04 AM PST by CFW (uic)
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To: Skwor

“staging”

Agreed.

That means there are other conspirators on the loose right now.


14 posted on 12/02/2024 11:37:59 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: dynachrome

How many guns and ammo have been brought to the Capitol during J6 event
by the participants sitting in jail right now?


15 posted on 12/02/2024 11:38:01 AM PST by exinnj
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To: dynachrome

Isn’t he just so precious.


16 posted on 12/02/2024 11:39:08 AM PST by ryderann
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How many more are involved????????


17 posted on 12/02/2024 11:39:30 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: dynachrome

Or they were going to plant it on someone.


18 posted on 12/02/2024 11:40:07 AM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: dynachrome

Maybe he can appeal all the way to the Supreme Court and get the ‘high capacity magazine’ laws thrown out as un-Constitutional.

Sounds like the Capitol is run like MeHEEco. Carrying a few stray bullets across the border into the Capitol can get you arrested.


19 posted on 12/02/2024 11:41:28 AM PST by PAR35
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To: dynachrome

The leftist Demonrats are prepping for Trump’s State of the Union address.


20 posted on 12/02/2024 11:41:41 AM PST by wildcard_redneck
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