The Secret Service arrested two people outside the White House on Monday morning, Nov. 9, after a car crashed onto the sidewalk at Lafayette Park and, around the same time, a second person jumped a barricade.
The White House was briefly locked down and roads around the park were closed. President Donald Trump was at the White House during the incidents, Reuters reported.
What happened
Secret Service police and the National Guard responded around 10 a.m. Eastern to a crash on the north side of the park at 16th and H streets Northwest, WUSA9 reported. "The driver was combative with law enforcement, but was quickly placed under arrest," a Secret Service spokesperson said. Video showed the driver getting out of the smoking car and swinging at officers. D.C. police's bomb squad swept the vehicle afterward.
The second person jumped a barricade near the park's northwest corner and was also arrested.
What's not known
Both incidents are under investigation. Authorities have not identified the two people or said what charges they face, and it was not clear whether the incidents were related. Related: Stephen Miller named White House chief of staff.