US Capitol Police are investigating “a vile and deeply inappropriate image” present in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s workplace, the congressman mentioned in an announcement.
The congressman’s workplace has not confirmed to CNN what the image was, however Politico reported that USCP was known as after an American flag altered to incorporate a swastika was discovered contained in the Ohio Republican’s workplace in Washington, DC.
“I’m conscious of a picture that seems to depict a vile and deeply inappropriate image close to an worker in my workplace,” Taylor mentioned within the assertion.
“The content material of that picture doesn’t mirror the values or requirements of this workplace, my employees, or myself, and I condemn it within the strongest phrases. Upon studying of this matter, I instantly directed an intensive investigation alongside Capitol Police, which stays ongoing. No additional remark might be supplied till it has been accomplished.”
The congressman’s workplace referred to the incident as “vandalism” in a launch with Taylor’s assertion.
When CNN reached out to USCP for remark, the company despatched an autoreply that its public info workplace is closed for routine enterprise throughout the federal government shutdown.
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