A senior White House adviser is facing a potential gun charge after he allegedly tried to bring a firearm onto an airliner last year, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.



According to the court records analyzed by the publication, a national security and terrorism analyst, Sebastian Gorka, was allegedly confronted by law enforcement after he tried to get a 9mm-caliber handgun onto an airliner at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va.



The weapon was detected by the airport's X-ray equipment as Gorka's bag passed through security. According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) statement mentioned in the report, the handgun was then confiscated by the airport police.



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The records show that the incident occurred last January, with Gorka later being charged with a misdemeanor for carrying a weapon in an airport terminal, the newspaper noted.While the original TSA statement about the incident did not mention Gorka by name, a U.S. official confirmed to the Journal that the individual in the statement is the current White House adviser.Gorka is currently working for senior White House adviser Steve Bannon and was a national security editor of Breitbart News.

Gorka is set to appear in front of a judge next month.