House Speaker Johnson's top aide is arrested on charge of driving under the influence, police say

The chief of staff to House Speaker Mike Johnson was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing into a police vehicle following President Donald Trump’s address to Congress. Hayden Haynes was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence and later released. U.S. Capitol Police said Haynes had “backed into a parked vehicle” shortly before midnight. Officers responded to the scene and the driver was arrested, the statement said. In a statement, a spokesperson for Johnson said the speaker was “aware of the encounter that occurred last night involving his Chief of Staff and the Capitol Police."