On Monday, November 9, the US Secret Service arrested two people in two separate incidents near Lafayette Park and the White House.
According to Fox, in one of these incidents a car crossed its path and hit the sidewalk, and in another incident a man went through one of the security barriers around the park.
According to a spokesman for the US Secret Service, shortly before 10:00 a.m. (Washington time), Secret Service and National Guard officers were dispatched to the scene after a car crashed into a sidewalk on the north side of Lafayette Park. The driver of the car argued with the police and was later arrested.
The Washington Police Department's explosive ordnance disposal team was called to the scene to conduct a precautionary search of the vehicle, after which streets around Lafayette Park were blocked off, a Secret Service spokesman said.
In another incident and almost at the same time as the traffic accident, a man passed one of the security barriers in the northwest corner of Lafayette Park, and he was also quickly arrested.
After these incidents, officers took reporters and members of the media into the White House press conference room for a while, but they were allowed to leave after a while.