The US secret service arrested a person who climbed the White House perimeter fence and breached the mansion’s south grounds on Friday night, claiming to be “a friend of the president”. The secret service also says a search of the south and north grounds of the White House complex found “nothing of concern to security operations”. Twelve hours later, the presidential motorcade departed the White House grounds, taking the president to the golf club he owns in Potomac Falls, Virginia. Then in November 2015, a man wearing an American flag jumped the White House fence late on a Sunday night, carrying a package that was found to be harmless. In April last year another fence climber was arrested, and in May a person was shot by secret service after he approached White House security with a gun.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2017 16:41 UTC