{"id":28086,"date":"2026-08-05T04:06:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28086"},"modified":"2026-08-05T04:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:06:44","slug":"armed-suspect-arrested-at-trumps-rancho-palos-verdes-golf-course-in-advance-of-presidents-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28086","title":{"rendered":"Armed suspect arrested at Trump&#8217;s Rancho Palos Verdes golf course in advance of president&#8217;s visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-element=\"story-body\" data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>Hours before President Trump is scheduled to headline a Tuesday evening fundraiser at his Rancho Palos Verdes golf course, authorities announced that they had arrested a heavily armed individual seen wandering the grounds Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>L.A. County sheriff\u2019s deputies responded to the golf course around 3:30 p.m. Sunday after federal agents saw a suspicious man taking photographs and appearing to monitor security-planning activities. <\/p>\n<p>Deputies detained the man, who was identified as Jeanine John Taele, 38, of Downey. They found a loaded magazine in his pants pocket and a loaded pistol and additional ammunition in his car in the  parking lot at Trump National Golf Club. They also determined he was  under investigation for robbery by the El Segundo Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Taele was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed firearm and possessing prohibited ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, sheriff\u2019s detectives and FBI agents searched his Downey residence and found an alarming stash of weapons \u2014 including an illegally modified AR platform rifle, a .45-caliber pistol, body armor, high-capacity magazines and bulk pistol ammunition. Detectives  found multiple notebooks containing \u201cconcerning statements\u201d and two radio signal devices.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing, but authorities have identified \u201cno credible threat to our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump was aboard Air Force 1 en route to Los Angeles when the Sheriff\u2019s Department announced the arrest. Trump is hosting a Republican Party fundraiser at  Rancho Palos Verdes golf course on Tuesday evening as part of a two-day visit to California and Nevada.<\/p>\n<p> Reporters are not allowed inside the event, where a White House spokesperson said the president intended to tout his wins in advancing tax cuts and securing the border, while denouncing the \u201cradical policies of Democrats like Gavin Newsom.\u201d The president then plans to deliver remarks on the economy at a Las Vegas casino Wednesday before returning to Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n<p>Tuesday evening\u2019s fundraiser marks Trump\u2019s second trip to L.A. since returning to office, with the first taking place in January 2025 when he toured the fire-ravaged areas of the Pacific Palisades. <\/p>\n<p>Newsom used Trump\u2019s visit to call attention to the fact that many residents in the Palisades and Altadena continued to wait for his administration to dole out wildfire relief aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump promised he\u2019d \u2018take care\u2019 of Los Angeles firestorm survivors,\u201d Newsom said in a Tuesday afternoon statement on X, but \u201c18 months later, he\u2019s flying back to LA. Not to help, but to host a fundraiser at his golf club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the Eaton and Palisades fires, California has submitted more than $1.5 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursement claims for emergency response and infrastructure repairs, but only $37 million in funding has been approved thus far, according to the governor\u2019s office. <\/p>\n<p>Trump, for his part, ignored criticism around the wait for wildfire relief on Tuesday and instead took to social media to tout his administration\u2019s economic achievements.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote in a Truth Social post that investments in the U.S. economy and more \u201cfactory activity\u201d were evidence of how well the country was doing. \u201cThe Fake News and the Dumocrats are doing everything they can to distract people\u2019s thoughts from these MASSIVE Successes, but it\u2019s getting harder and harder for them to do,\u201d Trump wrote. He added: \u201cThis is the GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA, and we\u2019re just getting started.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hours before President Trump is scheduled to headline a Tuesday evening fundraiser at his Rancho Palos Verdes golf course, authorities announced that they had arrested a heavily armed individual seen wandering the grounds Sunday. L.A. 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