Days after what federal prosecutors have called an attempted assassination against President Donald Trump at the White House correspondents’ dinner, a Texas man was arrested after allegedly attempting to breach the CIA’s Virginia headquarters three times since Friday, according to court filings.
Connor Mayo, 28, of the Fort Worth area allegedly told law enforcement he also visited the Pentagon on Saturday, an affidavit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia shows. He was charged with trespassing for the attempted CIA breaches and released on bond with the condition he not return to either government facility.
Around 8:45 p.m. on Friday, the CIA’s police alleged, Mayo pulled up to the intelligence agency’s main entrance in Langley driving a white Hyundai Elantra with a Texas license plate. Officers told him to leave and, according to the documents, advised Mayo that he could face trespassing charges if he returned.
Two days later, CIA police said in court documents, he did.
At about 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, Mayo allegedly followed a vehicle authorized to enter the CIA and tried to get past the guarded entrance after the vehicle’s driver scanned their credentials, according to court documents. He was issued a citation and warned for a second time that his behavior could lead to his arrest. But Mayo seemed unfazed, allegedly expressing “a desire to be arrested,” the documents said.
On Monday morning, CIA police alleged, Mayo — in the same white Hyundai — drove past trespassing signs and a turnaround at the Langley campus designated for accidental entries to reach the center’s main entrance. He failed to provide “suitable identification” during police questioning, the documents show, before speeding “away from the gate and into the compound.”
Mayo was taken to the visitors center, where CIA police officers ran his license plate, according to the affidavit. He told police “he understood he was trespassing, but that he believed he was intended to be at CIA,” a court document says.
Mayo’s attorney, Nathaniel Wenstrup, a federal public defender, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. As part of Mayo’s pre-trial release, he was ordered to submit to supervision and not leave the D.C.-area without permission. He is expected to return to court in June.
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