The chief of staff for Rep. Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican, was charged Wednesday with bringing a firearm into the US Capitol complex, in accordance to courtroom paperwork obtained by NCS.
Luis Angel Vega is anticipated to make an look in DC courtroom Friday on the fees, which stem from an alleged incident in December.
Capitol safety officers discovered the black pistol Vega allegedly carried when the staffer’s bag was run by a safety checkpoint on the entrance of a House workplace constructing that’s half of the Capitol complex, the courtroom paperwork stated. They then instructed Vega to lock up the firearm in his automotive after which return for his bag to be re-screened, which he did, in accordance to the filings.
The charging paperwork describe a phone interview the DC police performed with Vega a week after the alleged December 22 episode. Vega advised the police officer that he didn’t have a license to carry the pistol, in accordance to the courtroom filings, and that often he enters the House workplace constructing with Sessions — referred to was “Witness-1” within the paperwork — who’s exempt from being screened by the mags.
“The day of the offense was out of the ordinary in that Witness-1 entered the building separately from the defendant and the defendant forgot there was a pistol in his bag,” the courtroom filings stated.
NCS reached out to Session’s workplace for remark. A lawyer for Vega has not but been recognized.
The DC Metro Police and US Attorney’s workplace in DC didn’t instantly return a request for remark.
Vega faces two counts: carrying a gun outdoors his residence with out a license and carrying a firearm onto the Capitol grounds.
NCS’s Ellis Kim and Holmes Lybrand contributed to this report.