The White House complex was not breached and no one under Secret Service protection was in danger, said Tom Sullivan, chief of the Secret Service Uniformed Division. Trump had just begun a coronavirus briefing when a U.S. Secret Service agent escorted him from the briefing room. U.S. President Donald Trump talks with a Secret Service agent before leaving a coronavirus pandemic briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday. ET after the man approached the uniformed Secret Service officer near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue and told the officer he had a weapon. At the White House, Trump praised Secret Service personnel for their work in keeping him safe.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2020 22:10 UTC