A man who tried to bring a machete and three knives into the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday was arrested, police said, hours before President-elect Donald Trump was set to visit.

U.S. Capitol Police posted in a thread on X that “just after 2:00 p.m., our officers stopped and arrested a man who tried to get a machete into the Capitol Visitor Center.” During security screening at the visitor center’s north doors, “officers spotted the machete in the man’s bag, stopped the X-ray machine, arrested the man, and secured the machete.” Three knives were also found in the bag.

“The man is being arrested for multiple charges of Carrying a Dangerous Weapon,” Capitol Police wrote.

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