A woman was arrested early Saturday after trying to climb a temporary fence erected outside the White House ahead of next month's inauguration, the U.S. Secret Service said.
The Secret Service said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital that the unidentified woman was “immediately taken into custody.”
She was arrested for illegal entry and taken to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department's 2nd District for processing.
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A woman was arrested early Saturday after trying to climb a temporary fence erected outside the White House ahead of next month's inauguration, the U.S. Secret Service said. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Secret Service said the woman was unable to breach the barrier and that the president or other protected persons were not affected when President Biden was in the White House at the time.
In March 2017, the Secret Service arrested a man who climbed the White House fence and remained on the ground for 17 minutes.
The Secret Service said President Biden was in the White House at the time, but the woman was unable to break through the barrier. (Yuri Gripas/Abaka/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Secret Service confirmed that agents fired shots at a carjacker in front of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's home.
The man, identified as Jonathan Tuan Anh Tran of California, falsely claimed to have an appointment with then-President Trump.
Members of the Secret Service watch as Marine One carrying President Biden takes off from the South Lawn of the White House in 2022. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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In September 2014, while former President Barack Obama was in office, a knife-wielding man named Omar J. Gonzalez jumped a fence and entered the east room of the White House, but was arrested.
