A Cory Booker Staffer Was Arrested for Carrying a Gun on Capitol Grounds, Police Said

The arrest comes the same day the New Jersey senator began a protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda.

The Capitol Dome and the West Front of the House of Representatives.

J. Scott Applewhite/AP

A staffer for Sen. Cory Booker was arrested Monday by U.S. Capitol Police for carrying a pistol on Capitol grounds without a license, police said.

The staffer, whose name is Kevin A. Batts, is listed on Legistorm as being a special assistant for the New Jersey senator. Police said he was arrested at the Capitol on Monday after failing to go through security.

“Yesterday afternoon a Member of Congress led an IDed staff member around security screening at the Hart Senate Office Building,” Capitol Police said in a statement on Tuesday. “Later that evening, outside the Senate Galleries, the IDed staff member -- who is a retired law enforcement officer -- told our officers he was armed.”

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