The Secret Service said staff members and journalists were “relocated” as pro-Palestinian demonstrators shook the security fence and threw objects at law enforcement officers outside the White House on Saturday evening.
President Joe Biden was not at the White House — he traveled to Camp David earlier in the day — but that did not stop the large crowd from getting rowdy outside the barriers following a nearby rally in support of a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“During the demonstration near the White House complex Jan. 13, a portion of the anti-scale fencing that was erected for the event sustained temporary damage. The issues were promptly repaired on site by U.S. Secret Service support teams,” the Secret Service said in a statement.
“As a precaution, some members of the media and staff in proximity to Pennsylvania Avenue were temporarily…
