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Texas GOP House member’s chief of staff faces firearm charges
Court filings say Luis Angel Vega carried a pistol and ammunition through security without a license and faces two firearm counts.
- Luis Angel Vega, chief of staff to Rep. Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican, was charged Wednesday with bringing a firearm into the Capitol complex, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
- Charges stem from an incident in December when Capitol security officers discovered a black pistol and ammunition in Vega's bag at a House office building security checkpoint.
- Vega usually entered the House office building alongside Sessions, who is exempt from security screening, allowing him to bypass the magnetometer check that day, court filings indicate.
- Facing two counts—carrying a firearm without a license and carrying a firearm onto Capitol grounds—Vega is scheduled for a DC Superior court appearance on Friday.
- The Capitol Police and US Attorney's office in DC did not immediately return requests for comment, while CNN reached out to Sessions' office for response.
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The chief of staff for Representative Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas, was charged Wednesday with bringing a firearm into the U.S. Capitol complex, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
House member’s chief of staff charged with carrying a gun into US Capitol complex
The chief of staff for Rep. Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican, was charged Wednesday with bringing a firearm into the US Capitol complex, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
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A member of the team of one of the congressmen in the US House of Representatives was charged in connection with bringing weapons to the Capitol.
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