A man was arrested on Aug. 9 after allegedly assaulting a uniformed Secret Service officer outside the White House, an agency spokesperson said.
The assault took place around 12:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW, an area that is frequented by pedestrians and tourists hoping to see the White House.
A Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement to The Washington Post that the man “physically assaulted” a uniformed officer near a guard booth at 15th Street and that the attack was “without provocation.”
The officer did not receive any life-threatening injuries, the spokesperson said. The incident is being investigated and the identity of the person who was arrested was not immediately made public….