Feds Investigate Armed Man Arrested at Trump Golf Course Before President’s Visit

The press release stated that the individual, later identified as Jeanine John Taele, 38, was seen wandering around the golf course while wearing an earpiece and taking photographs and videos of federal agents’ security-planning activities.

Taele returned to the golf course Sunday afternoon, prompting staff to alert federal agents, according to the press release, which alleged that Taele approached the federal agents and claimed the State Department hired him as part of a security detail. 

Agents then contacted the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office press release. When they arrived at the club, the Sheriff’s Department deputies learned that Taele was wanted in connection with a 2025 robbery case out of El Segundo, Calif., before they detained him.

Deputies found a magazine with ammunition from Taele’s pants pocket, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, adding that a subsequent search of his pick-up truck in the golf club’s parking lot yielded a loaded pistol, an additional loaded magazine, a pair of binoculars, and a badge that read, “security protection agent.”