Armed man arrested at Trump's LA golf course before president's visit
The 38-year-old suspect was detained after federal agents saw him photographing the grounds and apparently monitoring security-planning activities.
An armed man was arrested at US President Donald Trump's golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, days before the president was due at the property.
The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele from nearby Downey, California, was arrested on Sunday afternoon.
Plainclothes federal agents spotted him "walking throughout the golf course grounds taking photographs and videos and appearing to monitor security-planning activities", the sheriff's office said in a statement.
During the detention, deputies recovered a 16-round magazine containing hollow-point ammunition from the suspect's pants pocket, according to the statement.
Deputies then searched the suspect's vehicle and recovered a loaded pistol with a round chambered, along with an additional loaded magazine containing hollow-point ammunition.
Investigators from the sheriff's department and the FBI's counterterrorism unit later searched Taele's home, where they found an assault-style rifle, a pistol, a bulletproof vest, high-capacity magazines, ammunition, two radios as well as "multiple notebooks containing concerning statements".
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office will decide whether to file charges after investigators presented the case on Tuesday morning.
Trump arrived by helicopter at the golf club on Tuesday evening to attend a fundraising dinner hosted by the Republican National Committee.
Trump has been targeted by multiple assassination attempts since his 2024 campaign.
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