*Subject:**Travel print pool report #2a - USSS statement*
The Secret Service is out with a statement about this morning’s incident involving the driver of a press pool van:
Secret Service statement regarding events in Palm Beach, Florida February 19, 2018. The Secret Service can confirm that an individual serving as a staff contracted driver was briefly detained by U.S. Secret Service personnel and other law enforcement officials today. The individual was found to be in lawful possession of a prohibited item (firearm) outside the secure area at a Secret Service security screening checkpoint. The incident was investigated by the Secret Service and our partners at the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office (PBSO) and resolved. At no time was any Secret Service protectee in danger or impacted. All Secret Service security measures worked.
*Subject:**Travel print pool report #3 - Return to MAL*
Press vans joined up with presidential motorcade outside Trump International Golf Club at 1:42 PM.
The movement happened slightly earlier than expected because rain appeared to cut short POTUS’ time at the golf course.
Pool moved from the airport lounge roughly an hour earlier so the vans could undergo an additional screening at the Palm Beach County Library parking lot, before getting in position on a dead-end street outside the club.
Motorcade drive was fairly uneventful. Passed a small handful of Trump supporters on Southern Blvd. right before crossing the bridge across Lake Worth Lagoon.
One elderly woman held a sign reading “We love you President Trump” another held one that said “America is coming back stronger than ever.”
Another man held a pole bearing American, Israeli, and Trump flags.
Motorcade pulled into Mar-a-Lago at 1:53 PM and we are holding in the parking lot.