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The day of all decisions in the United States is already marked by several incidents. The FBI arrested two people for “threats to the election” in Michigan, according to The Detroit News. One of the suspects, the newspaper reveals, was associated with an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Isaac Sissel, the suspect, allegedly posted on the Reddit platform under the username “ShootUpTrumpRally” and confessed to federal agents that “everything would be better if Trump were dead.”

The other detainee, Christopher Clay Pierce, was accused of threatening online a member of a political action committee (PAC) associated with the Democratic Party.

Our officers just arrested a man who was detained during our screening process at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC). The man smelled like fuel, had a flashlight and a flare gun.

The CVC is closed for guided tours during the day while we investigate. We will provide more information when we can. pic.twitter.com/J5geNud1h2

— US Capitol Police (@CapitolPolice) November 5, 2024

In the capital, Washington DC, US police on Tuesday arrested a man who tried to enter the US Capitol with a torch and a flare gun. Public visits to the building were suspended for the rest of the day. Authorities, cited by the Associated Press, say the man was detained Tuesday during a security check at the Capitol visitor center. According to the same source, the detainee, who was carrying the gun and a flashlight, smelled of fuel.

Man tried to enter the Capitol with a lighter and a blowtorch

While passing through security, the man, in white, according to J. Thomas Manger, placed his coat and backpack on the conveyor belt, and security guards noticed something that appeared to be “shaped like a firearm” and “ “two bottles in the backpack.”

One of the security guards noticed a “slight odor of gasoline,” an odor that was “much stronger” in the backpack and appeared to be a bottle containing a substance – which police believe was gasoline or “some other accelerant.” was spilling.

The man was then detained and arrested, Manger said. Later, the police found a flare gun, a lighter and a blowtorch in the backpack, as well as “other objects” that were not specified.

The man had “documents,” also not specified, and informed security guards that he wanted to deliver them to Congress, Manger said. Police are still investigating “where he came from” and what his intentions were. While the investigation continues, the man remains in police custody.

In another area of ​​the country, in the decisive state of Georgia, there were five bomb threats, considered not credible by the authorities and which could have originated in Russia. The US secret services are examining an email account that uses a Russian domain as a possible source of these threats, carried out this Tuesday. The information is provided by CNN International based on sources close to the investigation.

The threats, which were not credible, caused the temporary closure of polling stations in Union City, on the outskirts of Atlanta.

In a statement, the FBI said Russia was behind false bomb threats made today in several states, many of which appear to have originated from Russian email domains. In a statement cited by ReutersThe US federal police emphasize that “none of the threats have been considered credible so far.”