Just when we thought that 2020 couldn’t possibly get any weirder, a story comes out of the nation’s capital that makes everyone question if we are even living in the real world anymore.
Not only are Americans dealing with a viral pandemic, giant murder hornets, and mysterious monoliths being discovered all over the world, but all of this has arrived during an election year – and one of the tensest election years of all time.
Now 2020 has brought us one more bizarre story before it comes to its thankful close.
A Texas man is facing federal charges for allegedly breaching the White House grounds on Sunday — by zipping through an exit gate on a moped while carrying a knife and bag of weed in his pocket.
The Secret Service says Eric Paul Mangold was spotted on a moped around 6:30 p.m. speeding through the exit gate at Alexander Hamilton and 15th Street NW just as someone was leaving, according to court papers unsealed Monday.
Mangold then allegedly zoomed south along East Executive Avenue, which runs adjacent to the White House, before stopping at another vehicle gate at East Executive and E Street NW.
That’s where Secret Service officers surrounded Mangold with their guns drawn and detained him.
When the man was asked by officers what was in the bag, court papers show that Mangold was brutally honest, stating that “it was weed”.
President Trump has had his number of enemies try to get close to him to make a point, including one person who lit themselves on fire after breaching the perimeter of the White House gates.
