Trump protester uses Crisco in effort to blow up car: DoJ

While former President Jimmy Carter lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, Adrian Hinton allegedly attempted to light his car on fire using gasoline and the shortening brand Crisco.

Politico legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney posted a filing from the U.S. Department of Justice Monday saying that on Jan. 8, 2025, current and former elected officials were paying their respects when Hinton drove to the building and lit the top of his car on fire using a flammable object.

Hinton believed that Crisco, which can be flammable with high enough temperatures, was some kind of "napalm explosive mixture" when combined with gasoline, the filing stated.

Cheney reported that the burning was intended to protest the election of President-elect Donald Trump.

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"The officers approached the area [and] observed an individual later identified as Mr. Hinton standing next to his car with the light of a small flame coming from his hands. Officer Nepomuceno activated his body-worn camera, began running toward Mr. Hinton, and ordered him to stop and step away from the vehicle."

The report continued: "Mr. Hinton looked at Officer Nepomuceno raised his hands above his head, stepped away from Officer Nepomuceno, turned away from his vehicle, and knelt on the sidewalk now facing the reflecting pool.

"...As Officer Nepomuceno approached Mr. Hinton, he dropped a small item from his hand into the snow. Officer Nepomuceno noticed [a] light was reflecting off of his vehicle in a peculiar and uneven [manner]. Laid out on the ground near the vehicle was a plastic bag and multiple containers."

Read the full filing here.