On Election Day, He Headed to the Capitol With a Manifesto and a Torch

"The man, Austin Olson, 27, of Westland, Mich., tried to enter the Capitol Visitor Center just after noon on Tuesday, and also carried what appeared to be a manifesto and a letter to Congress, according to the U.S. Capitol Police."

"If our officers did not stop this man, yesterday would have been a very different story than this one, the Capitol Police chief, J. Thomas Manger, said in a statement."

"Investigators have made no arrests in those attacks. Capitol Police officials said the letter Mr. Olson carried to the Capitol on Tuesday appeared to claim that he was protesting the war in Gaza and the United States' relationship with Israel."

"Elsewhere in the country, however, dozens of bomb threats were reported across multiple states, many of which the Federal Bureau of Investigation said originated from Russian-run email domains."

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