Uniformed U.S. Secret Service officers, including a photographer, investigate after authorities say Jessica Ford rammed a barrier near the White House in a van. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)A Tennessee woman who police said attempted to drive her vehicle through a White House barricade believed her fiance and four children were being housed at the executive mansion and had stopped taking her psychiatric medication, according to court documents and a government evaluation. [In court, woman charged in White House incident says the president is her fiance]Ford refused officers’ orders to drop the gun before one reached through the driver’s side window and removed it from her hands, according to court documents. Ford told a social worker that she was aware that she is delusional but “continues to struggle” with believing her fiance and four children live in the Trump White House. Prosecutors sought and Meriweather ordered Ford held for a 30-day evaluation by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2018 22:37 UTC