{"id":1714,"date":"2026-07-24T21:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:11:59","slug":"heritage-foundation-employee-faces-drug-possession-charge-after-capitol-hill-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1714","title":{"rendered":"Heritage Foundation Employee Faces Drug-Possession Charge After Capitol Hill Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Heritage Foundation employee faces a drug-possession charge after a security screening at a Senate office building turned what tested presumptively positive as cocaine and fentanyl, according to court records.<\/p>

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Capitol Police officers detained Matthew Christopher Wingate on July 14 after he entered the Russell Senate Office Building and placed his bag on the X-ray belt as part of routine screening, in Washington, D.C., superior court.<\/p>\n

Wingate is the government-relations director for defense and foreign policy at the Heritage Foundation, and previously worked as a national security adviser for Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and a military legislative assistant for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), according to Legistorm<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>

An officer observed an image consistent with a pistol magazine inside the brown briefcase, and a secondary screening found a magazine with 10 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, the affidavit states.<\/p>\n

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