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- A 25-year-old man was arrested outside the White House after he threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump.
- Roger Hedgpeth told a Secret Service officer he was there to kill Trump with a knife that police found on his person.
- Hedgpeth was taken into custody and brought to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
- White House security has been ramped up in recent years after several individuals successfully jumped over the iron fence surrounding the grounds, with one man making it all the way into the presidential residence in 2014.
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A man carrying a knife was arrested outside the White House after he told a US 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.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment See Also: SEE ALSO: Trump called out a viral picture of his tan line for being edited, but originals didn't look too different
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