GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz  was charged last week with a weapons violation at Washington Dulles International Airport, CNN reported Monday night.
Spartz, a Republican from Indiana, was charged Friday with violating a section of Virginia law that prohibits carrying any gun, explosive or stun weapon into an air carrier airport terminal, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Airports Authority told the news outlet.
CNN has reached out to Spartz’s office for comment. She received a summons to appear in a Virginia court, the spokesperson also said.
The violation is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Additional details were not immediately available.
Spartz, the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, was elected to the House in 2020 and emerged as a leading Republican voice for a strong U.S. response to Russia’s invasion before opposing a foreign aid package that included $61 billion for Ukraine earlier this year.
In May, she won her hard-fought Republican primary for her 5th District seat based in the northeastern Indianapolis suburbs.
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