Dem Staffer Fired After Bringing Ammo Into Building

Axios reports:

A staffer for House Administration Committee ranking member Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) is no longer employed after he was arrested Monday morning on suspicion of bringing ammunition into a U.S. House office building.

A Capitol Police spokesperson identified the staffer as 38-year-old Michael Hopkins, Morelle’s communications director. Capitol Police searched Hopkins’ bag after it went through an X-ray machine and found 11 rounds of ammunition and four magazines, the spokesperson said.

“In response to this morning’s incident, Mr. Hopkins is no longer employed by Representative Morelle’s office effective immediately,” Morelle’s chief of staff Jo Stiles said in a statement Monday afternoon.

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Hopkins says he forgot the ammo was in his bag.

NEW: Michael Hopkins, a staff member of Rep. Joe Morelle police say was found with ammunition in his bag, has been fired. https://t.co/0yw6NFNCsv

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