25-Year-Old Man Arrested with a Knife Outside White House After Threatening to Kill President Trump

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday outside the White House.

Roger Hedgpeth told the Secret Service he was there to assassinate President Trump.

They arrested Hedgpeth who was carrying a three-inch knife in his pocket.

FOX5 reported:

A man carrying a knife was arrested outside the White House after he told a U.S. Secret Service officer that he was there to kill the president, police said.

Roger Hedgpeth, 25, was arrested Saturday afternoon on a charge of making threats to do bodily harm, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

Hedgpeth approached a Secret Service officer who was patrolling outside the White House and said he was there to “assassinate” President Donald Trump and “I have a knife to do it with,” according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press.

Police found a 3 1/2-inch knife in a sheath on his left hip, and Hedgpeth also had an empty pistol holster on his right hip, authorities said.