A staffer for Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.) was arrested Monday for carrying a firearm on Capitol grounds without a license after bypassing security with the senator's help. "Yesterday afternoon a Member of Congress led an IDed staff member around security screening at the Hart Senate Office Building," Capitol Police said in a Tuesday statement, according to NOTUS . "Later that evening, outside the Senate Galleries, the IDed staff member—who is a retired law enforcement officer—told our officers