Douglas Emhoff was evacuated following reports of a bomb threat at Washington High School.
Washington, USA:
The husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris was evacuated Tuesday after a bomb threat was reported at a Washington high school he visited to celebrate African-American history, officials said. official said.
Douglas Emhoff, whose official title is the second gentleman, was dropped by his confidential detail during a celebration of Black History Month at Dunbar High School in Washington, DC. Students were also asked to leave.
“It was a bomb threat,” Washington Public Schools spokesman Enrique Gutierrez told reporters. “We had a threat to the facility today so … we basically took precautions to evacuate everyone, as you’ve seen. I think everyone is safe. The building was clear. .”
No immediate details of the nature of the bomb threat were made public.
Emhoff spokeswoman Katie Peters tweeted that “The Secret Service is aware of a security threat at a school where @SecondGrantyman is meeting with students and faculty.”
“Mr. Emhoff is safe and the school has been evacuated. We are grateful to the Secret Service and the DC Police for their work,” Peters said.
Harris is the first woman to be elected vice president of the United States and also the first black and Asian American woman to hold the office. Emhoff, an attorney who is the first husband of a vice president of the United States, often travels alone or with Harris to help advance the White House agenda.
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