Capitol police arrest Rubio hearing disruptor; Republican senator says ‘off to jail’

The U.S. Capitol Police told Fox News Digital one person was arrested for disrupting Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. 

The individual was escorted from the hearing room at the Dirksen Senate Office Building as Rubio was about to deliver his opening statement about U.S. policy towards Venezuela.  

"All right, here we go ... you know the drill, off to jail," Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, said after a man in the audience got up and started yelling about a "war crime" while holding a sign that said "Hands Off Venezuela." 

"That's a one-year ban from the committee. Anyone who is a persistent violator will be banned for three years. So, I don't know whether the guy falls in that category, looks like it," added Risch, who is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "I hope after three years he’ll find a more productive means of employment."

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