Why are we finding out about this only now? We were told he made it “just inside the door”, and not told at all about overpowering an agent.
WASHINGTON — A man who scaled a White House fence this month and breached the mansion’s front door apparently rushed past a Secret Service agent inside and was stopped only after reaching the building’s East Room, a government official confirmed Monday.
New details of the incident involving Omar Gonzalez, who allegedly penetrated the mansion deeper than was previously known, were first reported Monday by The Washington Post.
The government official, who is not authorized to comment publicly about the incident, did not dispute the contents of the Post account.
Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan, citing an ongoing investigation, declined to comment on the report.
