Earlier in the day, police warned of foxes in the area and said they were working to trap and move any animals. “For your safety, do not approach foxes,” police wrote on Twitter. A Capitol police spokesman told NPR that there had been reports of multiple bites and that a fox had been spotted around the Senate office building on Monday. The spokesman said foxes had been spotted in the past, but described the aggressive behavior as “unusual”. Punchbowl News later identified at least one of the victims as Ami Bera, a California Democrat. “I expect to be attacked if I go to Fox News. “I do not expect to be attacked by a fox,” Bera told Punchbowl News. Spokesman Ami Bera confirms it was BIT from the Senate fox last night Described the attack near the Russell building as “unprovoked” “I did not see it and suddenly I felt something fall on the back of my foot,” Bera said. “I jumped and got my umbrella,” he continues – Heather Caygle (@heatherscope) April 5, 2022 Bera, who described the attack as “unprovoked”, told Punchbowl that the attack took place on Monday night. “I did not see it and suddenly I felt something fall on the back of my foot,” said the MP. “I jumped and got my umbrella.” The fox, meanwhile, seems to have acquired its own publicity group. A Twitter account, @thecapitolfox, tells the animal side of the story and an “official statement” has been released. “Today, I was forcibly removed from my cave by very scary and bad people. I am innocent of these crimes. This will not be the end. “I am a work in progress,” the statement concluded, echoing the words of a movie star who was recently embroiled in a controversy of his own. A Politico journalist, Ximena Bustillo, also wrote on Twitter that she had been bitten. “This feeling when you are bitten by a fox leaving the Capitol, because that is of course something I expect in the middle of DC,” he wrote on Twitter. On Tuesday night, Bera wrote on Twitter that she was “healthy and returned to work” after the meeting. “Apart from the plaque, animal bites are extremely serious. In the event of an appointment, talk to a doctor immediately, “he wrote on Twitter, including a link to the CDC website. Vivian Ho and Matthew Cantor contributed to the petition