A man who aimed a laser pointer at Marine One, the presidential helicopter, as it was departing the White House on Saturday with President Donald Trump aboard was charged with a felony on Monday, authorities said.

The man, Jacob Samuel Winkler, 33, of Washington, D.C., was standing on the sidewalk on Constitution Avenue when a uniformed Secret Service officer saw him shine a red laser beam at the president’s helicopter, a criminal complaint said.

The helicopter was at a low altitude and was flying toward the Washington Monument during its initial ascent from the south grounds of the White House on a path that took it over the park known as the Ellipse, authorities said.

Investigators said that Winkler’s actions “posed a risk of flash blindness and pilot disorientation,” especially “duri

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