President Donald Trump, seen here at his Trump National Washington, D.C. golf club in Virginia in December of 2020. A guest was able to get a loaded gun past the U.S. Secret Service and into the club in August, File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 11 (UPI) — The U.S. Secret Service is under self-review after someone was able to get a gun into a golf club belonging to President Donald Trump and where he was present.
“The Secret Service initiated an internal review into employee conduct after a member of a Virginia golf club notified the agency that they inadvertently brought their firearm into a protective site on August 31,” a Secret Service spokesperson told Real Clear Politics, which first reported the story on Wednesday.
According to that report, a member of the Trump National Washington, D.C. golf club in Virginia unintentionally brought a bring a semi-automatic Glock handgun into the facility.
Screening agents at the time were using handheld magnetometers to check guests instead of walkthrough devices, The New York Post reported Wednesday.
The unidentified club member self-reported the situation and was never close to Trump, and has since been interviewed. The agent who screened the armed guest has been placed on administrative leave, pending the decision of an incident review.
