Armed man arrested at Trump golf course allegedly had first lady's schedule, notes on Secret Service: reports
An armed man arrested Aug.2 at President Donald Trump's California golf course allegedly had first lady Melania Trump's schedule and detailed information about U.S.
Secret Service (USSS) personnel, according to reports.Jeanine John Taele, 38, had more than 200 pages of writings that included schedules for the first lady and members of the president's USSS detail, The Associated Press reported, citing information revealed during a Los Angeles County court hearing Wednesday.The New York Post reported that prosecutors said Taele had seven notebooks containing 208 pages of drawings and sketches of Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles in Rancho Palos Verdes, lists of USSS schedules, details about individual security personnel and copies of Melania Trump's schedule.MAN ARRESTED AT TRUMP GOLF COURSE AHEAD OF PRESIDENT’S VISIT ALLEGEDLY HAD WEAPONS CACHEJeanine John Taele, 38, pleaded not guilty to four criminal charges stemming from his arrest outside the golf course days before President Donald Trump's scheduled visit.(FBI)The writings also included detailed lists about surviving "off the grid," according to the AP.Los Angeles County Judge John Lonergan Jr.
called the allegations "alarming" during Wednesday's hearing."This case itself is alarming in this day and age with the violence that is creeping into our everyday lives, especially with our partisanship in the political environment" ahead of the midterms, Lonergan said, according to the AP.The judge suspended criminal proceedings after a pretrial evaluation indicated Taele was not mentally fit to stand trial and sent the case to a mental health court, the AP reported.TRUMP'S DECADE OF ASSASSINATION THREATS RUNS FROM BUTLER SHOOTING TO LATEST GOLF CLUB BREACHThe entrance to Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.(John Antczak/AP Photo, File)Taele was arrested earlier this month after plainclothes federal agents spotted him walking the grounds of the golf club, taking photographs and vi...