The man who was caught with a machete and bayonet-style knife near the Democratic Party headquarters was formally charged Tuesday, as more details emerge of his White supremacist ideology.
US Capitol Police said they found Donald Craighead with the two weapons in his truck on Monday, and that the vehicle was outfitted with neo-Nazi symbols, including a swastika in the driver's-side mirror.During a brief court appearance Tuesday, he pleaded not guilty to one count of carrying a dangerous weapon outside the home.
Craighead, a bald White man, was handcuffed and flanked by US Marshals, and was wearing camouflage pants.Court documents unsealed Tuesday shed new light on Craighead's extremist views. Police officers said in a sworn affidavit that he said to them,"Why are you all pulling me over when there are brown people hurting White people." They also said he uttered anti-gay slurs about a prominent Hispanic author and that he blamed the LGBT community for the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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