A man was arrested after allegedly aiming a laser at Marine One as President Donald Trump departed the White House on Saturday night. Secret Service identified the Marine One laser incident suspect as Jacob Samuel Winkler, who was charged with aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, a felony.

The incident began when a uniformed Secret Service officer observed Winkler on Constitution Avenue near the Ellipse, court documents state. Officer Diego Santiago reported that Winkler shined a red laser at his face, briefly disorienting him, before directing the beam toward the presidential helicopter as it departed the White House. Santiago wrote in the complaint that the laser “posed a risk of flash blindness and pilot disorientation, especially during low-level flight near other helicopters and th

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