Democratic Staffer Arrested for Possession of High-Capacity Magazine

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Posted on 12/16/2024 6:03:15 AM PST by marktwain

On Thursday morning, the 28 of November, Thanksgiving day, (Correction arrest was on December 2, Monday Morning) Capitol police found eleven rounds of ammunition and four magazines in a bag, which Michael Hopkins had put through screening at the Cannon House Office Building. Hopkins is a staff member of Rep. Joe Morelle, D-NY.  From WFIN.com:

“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,” Capitol Police told Fox News in a statement. 

“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,” the statement continued.

Capitol Police say Michael Hopkins, 38, is now facing charges for unlawful possession of ammunition, including one charge for possession of a high-capacity magazine.

Hopkins became the communications director for Representative Morelle in October of 2024, according to Hopkins’s LinkedIn account. He passed the bar in New York State. Hopkins shows he has been a contributing writer to The Hill for seven years and five months. Michael Hopkins no longer works for Rep. Joe Morelle, according to Morelle’s chief of staff. From Rollcall magazine:

Hopkins is no longer employed in Morelle’s office “effective immediately,” according to a Monday afternoon statement from Chief of Staff Jo Stiles.

The Administration Committee has oversight over House operations and Capitol security, including jurisdiction over legislative branch support agencies like the Capitol Police.

AmmoLand was unable to find information about what caliber of ammunition was found in the bag or what firearm the magazines might have fit.

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He was only on the job for a month and a half.

1 posted on 12/16/2024 6:03:15 AM PST by marktwain

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2 posted on 12/16/2024 6:07:46 AM PST by butlerweave

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