An unidentified person on Saturday jumped a barrier in front of the White House.
Secret service dogs and officers with long guns deploy to north lawn of WH. Source tells me someone tried to jump fence. @potus not here pic.twitter.com/xFydoXRERy
— Leland Vittert (@LelandVittert) March 18, 2017
The incident occurred just before 1 p.m., and the person failed to get over the White House fence beyond the barrier, which is referred to as “the bike racks,” according to Fox News.
President Trump was not in the White House, having left Friday for his resort home Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
Individual jumped bike rack on Pennsylvania Ave, not @WhiteHouse fence. Great response by @SecretService
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) March 18, 2017
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