U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man on Wednesday evening near the Grant Memorial who claimed that he had napalm in his car, according to a source familiar with the incident.
The incident happened around the time that President-elect Donald Trump was set to visit the U.S. Capitol to pay his respects to the late former President Jimmy Carter.
A grounds crew worker noticed the man trying to light something on fire by his car, which was parked in front of the statute, according to a source familiar with the matter.
When asked what he was doing, the man communicated that he had “napalm” in the car and was “trying to light it on fire,” according to the source.
Napalm is a highly flammable substance that was developed by U.S. scientists during WWII and has been used on the battlefield in flamethrowers and bombs.
Capitol Police acknowledged on X that they had responded to the incident…
