{"id":55278,"date":"2026-04-17T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/man-tackled-by-secret-service-after-trying-to-jump-white-house-fence-with-trump-inside-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:28:00","slug":"man-tackled-by-secret-service-after-trying-to-jump-white-house-fence-with-trump-inside-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/man-tackled-by-secret-service-after-trying-to-jump-white-house-fence-with-trump-inside-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Man tackled by Secret Service after trying to JUMP White House fence with Trump inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li class><strong>Politics is fast. We&#8217;re faster. Join us for a front-row seat to all of the drama at the center of American politics in our new DC Insider newsletter <a class rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.news.dailymail.co.uk\/join\/dc-insider-sign-up?utm_source=dailymail.co.uk&#038;utm_medium=organic_editorial&#038;utm_campaign=conversion_newsletter&#038;utm_term=dcinsider_bullets&#038;utm_budgetpot=organic\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/profile-4308\/index.html\">ELINA SHIRAZI, US SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><span> <span>Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-04-16T19:41:12+0100\"> 14:41 EDT, 16 April 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span> <span>Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-04-17T14:28:14+0100\"> 09:28 EDT, 17 April 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A security alert was triggered at the <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/white-house\/index.html\" id=\"mol-ab0c7ef0-39b6-11f1-8e02-2f24a3f9cd61\">White House<\/a> on Thursday afternoon after a man attempted to scale a perimeter fence, leading to a swift takedown by US Secret Service agents.<\/p>\n<p>The individual, whose identity has not yet been released, reportedly made a dash for an entrance gate in an attempt to breach the complex.<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service personnel intercepted the man almost immediately, tackling him to the ground before he could gain further access.A local witness reported a sudden burst of activity as agents swarmed the area.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A security alert was triggered at the White House on Thursday afternoon after a man attempted to scale a perimeter fence, leading to a swift takedown by US Secret Service agents<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The individual, whose identity has not yet been released, reportedly made a dash for an entrance gate in an attempt to breach the complex<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Secret Service personnel intercepted the man almost immediately, tackling him to the ground before he could gain further access. A local witness reported a sudden burst of activity as agents swarmed the area<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The White House confirmed the incident occurred on Thursday while the president was still inside<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One person is reportedly in custody, and another sustained minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>This latest incident adds to a long history of &#8216;fence-jumping&#8217; attempts at 1600 <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/pennsylvania\/index.html\" id=\"mol-64763470-39b8-11f1-8674-ff9235150be3\">Pennsylvania<\/a>Avenue. Officers have since cleared the immediate area, however a heavy security presence remains around the entrance gates.<\/p>\n<p>The White House confirmed that this incident took place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                                                                                                                  <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics is fast. We&#8217;re faster. Join us for a front-row seat to all of the drama at the center of American politics in our new DC Insider newsletter HERE By ELINA SHIRAZI, US SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 14:41 EDT, 16 April 2026 | Updated: 09:28 EDT, 17 April 2026 A security alert was triggered at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-donald-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}