Air Force Major Jason Watson—who was arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building last month while calling for President Trump’s impeachment—has been arrested again.

Watson was detained on Tuesday, just one day after an exclusive CNN interview in which he said the president was “violating the Constitution, breaking the law, [and] engaged in rampant corruption.” Watson is currently in pretrial confinement in Maryland based on “allegations of continued misconduct” according to the Air Force. It did not identify the specific misconduct allegations, although his attorney believes that his recent CNN appearance is to blame.

“What is happening with President Trump is not normal. He has failed us,” Watson told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday. “And not only is he a failure as president, he is flagrantly violating the Constitution, breaking the law, engaged in rampant corruption, and is killing Americans. And that is unacceptable to me and it should be unacceptable to all of us.”

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      I thank you for pointing that out. I can’t stand looking at images of him for more than a very quick glance at most. Your comment made me look a tiny bit longer, jist enough to see what you’ve mentioned but not a nanosecond longer, and while that tiny bit longer was horrible it was also nice because you’re probably right. Thinking of how much it must hurt his ego to be forced to do that without any control of when and where, which means it’s sometimes in situations like this where everyone can see it.