WASHINGTON — Psychiatrists say Omar Gonzalez, who is accused of climbing the White House fence and running inside the executive mansion before being apprehended, is competent to stand trial.

U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer disclosed the conclusions of a psychiatric report Thursday at a hearing in which Gonzalez, an Army veteran from Copperas Cove, Texas, pleaded not guilty. He is accused of unlawfully entering a restricted building while carrying a deadly weapon, which is a federal charge, and two violations of District of Columbia law.

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