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The Secret Service and the Palm Beach Police Department are investigating an unspecified incident that occurred at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club Monday evening, according to the Miami Herald. The police department is undertaking a Secret Service–led “open and active investigation,” according to the department, which added that no arrest has yet been made. “During an encounter with local law enforcement, an individual made non-threatening statements about a person under Secret Service protection,” a law enforcement official with knowledge of the incident told the newspaper. “As part of standard practice, Palm Beach police contacted the local Secret Service office.”

A former Marine allegedly impersonated a security team member for Marine One, the helicopter that transports President Trump on short trips, and breached two checkpoints last week at Palm Beach International Airport, according to authorities. Brandon Magnan, 37, is charged with false personation of an officer or employee of the United States, according to federal court documents. The helicopter unit, known as HMX-1, takes Trump to and from his residence in Florida. Trump was spending his winter vacation at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach at the time of the incident. Magnan approached a security checkpoint near where the helicopter was housed...