Armed man arrested at Trump’s LA golf course ahead of president’s visit
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x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info Members of the US Secret Service watch before Marine One with President Donald Trump on board lands near Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California [Mark Schiefelbein/AP] By Al Jazeera Staff and AP Published On 5 Aug 2026 5 Aug 2026 A man carrying a loaded handgun and hollow-point ammunition has been arrested at Donald Trump’s Los Angeles-area golf club, days before a scheduled visit by the US president, local authorities said.
The man, arrested on Sunday at the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, was identified by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele. The department said he had been seen photographing and filming the grounds while appearing to monitor security preparations ahead of Trump’s scheduled appearance at a Republican Party fundraising dinner on Tuesday.
Deputies said they found a 16-round magazine loaded with ammunition in his pocket, and later recovered a loaded pistol with a round chambered, along with a second loaded magazine, from his vehicle in the golf course car park.
Officials said Taele had already been under investigation by the El Segundo Police Department over a separate robbery case.
On Monday, detectives working with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force searched Taele’s Downey home, where they said they recovered an illegally modified rifle, a second pistol, body armour, high-capacity magazines, bulk ammunition and other radio signal devices and notebooks containing what officials described only as “concerning statements”.
The sheriff’s department said it had not identified any credible threat to the public and that Taele is being held without bail while prosecutors weigh charges.
Trump’s visit is part of a broader campaign swing through California and Nevada ahead of the November midterm elections.
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