Person arrested after trying to jump White House fence

A person was arrested after trying to climb the temporary fence near the White House this weekend, according to a Secret Service spokesperson. 

The spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill that Secret Service Uniformed Division officers spotted a person who was trying to jump over the temporary anti-scale fencing in the vicinity of the White House at around 11 a.m. local time on Saturday.

The fence is present around the site just over a month before the next presidential inauguration.