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The Secret Service arrested a man Tuesday for allegedly assaulting its uniformed officer outside the White House.
In a
statement a Secret Service spokesperson said the man “physically assaulted” a
uniformed officer shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday on Pennsylvania Avenue, The
Hill reports.
The spokesperson
noted that the incident occurred “without provocation” and the officer suffered
non-life threatening injuries.
No details
were released about the suspect.
A person
familiar with the situation told The Hill the man had no known motive and the
Secret Service is investigating.
President Joe Biden was at the White House at the time of the attack and had delivered remarks on the South Lawn minutes before the officer was assaulted.
The president
signed the CHIPS and Science Act as well as protocols for Finland and Sweden to
join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).