BREAKING NEWS: Man is seized by Secret Service outside Ivanka Trump’s house in early morning confrontation

  • A man was taken into Secret Service custody Thursday morning outside of Ivanka Trump’s Washington, DC, home 
  • The young man was seen in a Mercedes parked outside of the home 
  • Uniformed Secret Service agents were seen pulling the man out of his car, cuffing him and putting him in a van
  • Ivanka was nowhere near the confrontation as she is currently in Denver, Colorado, for a two-day tour 

By Kayla Brantley For Dailymail.com

Published: 14:55 BST, 23 July 2020 | Updated: 14:55 BST, 23 July 2020

A man has been taken into custody outside of Ivanka Trump’s Washington, DC home. 

An eyewitness tells DailyMail.com that a young man in a Mercedes was parked in front of the president’s daughter’s home Thursday morning and was seen being questioned by the Secret Service.

Uniformed Secret Service agents were seen pulling the man out of his car, cuffing him and putting him in a van. 

Meanwhile, Ivanka was nowhere near the confrontation as she is currently in Denver, Colorado, for a two-day tour.  

A man was taken into Secret Service custody Thursday morning outside of Ivanka Trump's Washington, DC, home

A man was taken into Secret Service custody Thursday morning outside of Ivanka Trump’s Washington, DC, home

The young man was seen in a Mercedes parked outside of the home

The young man was seen in a Mercedes parked outside of the home

The young man was seen in a Mercedes parked outside of the home

Uniformed Secret Service agents were seen pulling the man out of his car, cuffing him and putting him in a van

Uniformed Secret Service agents were seen pulling the man out of his car, cuffing him and putting him in a van

Uniformed Secret Service agents were seen pulling the man out of his car, cuffing him and putting him in a van

Ivanka was nowhere near the confrontation as she is currently in Denver, Colorado, to celebrate the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act

Ivanka was nowhere near the confrontation as she is currently in Denver, Colorado, to celebrate the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act

Ivanka was nowhere near the confrontation as she is currently in Denver, Colorado, to celebrate the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act

It’s unclear why the man was waiting outside of her home or what his intentions were. 

Agents were later seen back at the house towing the man’s car. 

Ivanka posted a photo of herself on an airplane Wednesday evening, wearing a floral embroidered face mask with the caption, ‘Taking off!’ DC to Colorado.’

The morning of the incident, she tweeted: ‘I am in Colorado today w/ Secretary Bernhardt + @SenGardner to celebrate yesterday’s passage of the #GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct; a landmark bill that will allocate billions to our public lands making it the most consequential conservation legislation since Pres Theodore Roosevelt!’

She also tweeted that she would be visiting Rocky Mountain National Park this morning.  

On Friday morning, Ivanka will join Senator Gardner and officials from the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, for a tour and roundtable talk at a child care facility in Colorado. 

‘I am looking forward to visiting the great state of Colorado and learning how this administration’s policies are helping citizens across the state,’ Ivanka Trump said in a statement provided by the White House on Wednesday.

‘Working with Senator Gardner on the Great American Outdoors Act, we are securing funding for the next 100 years to preserve our national parks and public lands. Additionally, I’m looking forward to visiting with Coloradans to hear how this administration’s pro-family policies have positively impacted them,’ she added.

The morning of the incident, she tweeted: 'I am in Colorado today w/ Secretary Bernhardt + @SenGardner to celebrate yesterday’s passage of the #GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct

The morning of the incident, she tweeted: 'I am in Colorado today w/ Secretary Bernhardt + @SenGardner to celebrate yesterday’s passage of the #GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct

The morning of the incident, she tweeted: ‘I am in Colorado today w/ Secretary Bernhardt + @SenGardner to celebrate yesterday’s passage of the #GreatAmericanOutdoorsAct

Just earlier this week Ivanka lent a helping hand in Washington, DC, to the distribute food boxes to families in need amid the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump’s his adviser appeared at the Dream Center to give out meat and dairy as part of efforts with Farmers to Families.

She was seen wearing the same floral print mask as she intereacted with recipients and loaded the boxes filled with produced into car trunks, back seats and directly into the hands of locals.

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