A bomb squad was deployed to investigate what authorities have called a 'suspicious package' located near the White House, before ultimately giving the all-clear.
Officers cordoned off the area and restricted pedestrian and vehicle traffic as specialists from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit examined the object on Sunday evening.
The Secret Service confirmed that the package was located just outside a security perimeter near the executive mansion.
But after a closer investigation, the area was cleared and roads were reopened.
It remains unclear whether the package posed any harm while President Donald Trump is overseas in Scotland meeting with European Union Commission President Ursuala von der Leyen.
