WASHINGTON — The Secret Service didn’t detect a Glock handgun in a visitor’s bag that brokers manually searched at President Trump’s Virginia golf membership late final month whereas the commander in chief was on website.
The member at Trump Nationwide Golf Membership Washington DC later knowledgeable the protecting company in regards to the firearm and was described as “cooperative” with authorities.
The Secret Service has since launched a evaluation of the Aug. 31 safety failure, first reported by RealClearPolitics, which comes simply over 13 months after an assassination try in opposition to Trump throughout a Butler, Pa. marketing campaign rally on July 13, 2024.
“The US Secret Service takes the security and safety of our websites very critically and there are redundant safety layers constructed into each one,” a spokesperson advised The Submit.
“Video surveillance signifies the membership member was by no means in shut bodily proximity to the President’s location at any level whereas on the golf membership.”
The agent accountable for looking the visitor’s bag has been positioned on administrative go away amid the continued evaluation.
A senior official advised The Submit that handheld magnetometers had been used as a substitute of walkthrough gadgets when screening friends on the president’s golf resort, situated about 25 miles northwest of the White Home.
