White house on lock down yesterday

The white house was briefly under lockdown yesterday Wednesday after an someone tried to jump over the bike race

Although the latest lockdown was a brief one, and the White House has since been cleared of all threats, it is not the first instance of such a lockdown since President Donald Trump took office.

The first intrusion at the White House, since Trump took office, occurred March 10, when Jonathan T. Tran, an individual from California, made his way into the White House grounds and roamed around for 17 minutes before being arrested by Secret Service. The president was present inside the premises at the time, the Independent reported.
Calls for the first White House lockdown however, since Trump’s inauguration, came March 27, when a suspicious package was found near the White House grounds. Staff and members of the media were moved to a safe distance and a secure perimeter was established within minutes of the mysterious package being discovered.
The White House went into lockdown for 45 minutes following the incident which started when an unidentified individual walked up to a uniformed officer at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, carrying the package and uttered some strange words. The man was taken into custody by shortly afterwards.

“The service did a fantastic job last night,” Trump told reporters the next day, in appreciation of the quick measures taken by the Secret Service,

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