US President Donald Trump has praised the Secret Service for doing a “fantastic job” apprehending an intruder who scaled the White House fence and told an officer he was a friend of Mr Trump’s.
The US President was inside the White House when a 26-year-old man, identified by Washington DC police as Californian Jonathan Tran, scaled the complex’s south grounds fence and uniformed officers arrested him, the Secret Service said in a statement.
It was the first known security breach at the White House since Mr Trump took office nearly two months ago.
A Secret Service officer approached Mr Tran on the south grounds about 11:38pm on Friday (local time) and asked whether he had a pass authorising him to be in the restricted area.
Mr Tran replied: “No, I am a friend of the president. I have an appointment.”
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