Former President Trump's speech in Nashville, Tennessee, over the weekend was briefly delayed by the Secret Service due to another security issue, just two weeks after he survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania, according to reports.
Trump was set to take the stage Saturday afternoon inside the Music City Center for the Bitcoin 2024 conference when Secret Service agents made him wait while two credentialed and vetted attendees were removed from the venue for not following proper entry protocols, according to the New York Post and Fox 17.
The former president was told by the Secret Service to wait until the two individuals were located before he could take the stage to give his inaugural address.
A Secret Service spokesperson told both outlets that there was never a threat to Trump.
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Donald Trump during his speech at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. (Fake Images)
“It was determined that there was no protective interest with these individuals and there was never a threat to the former president,” the spokesman said.
According to the New York Post, law enforcement questioned both men after they were found and removed from the scene of the incident. Neither person was charged in connection with the incident.
The two people were stopped at a first checkpoint before passing through a second checkpoint, the outlet reported.
It remains unclear how these individuals managed to pass the test.
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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Fake Images)
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This comes after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, when gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks, 20, opened fire. One spectator was killed while other attendees were injured. Trump suffered injuries to his ear in the incident.
The Pennsylvania shooting sparked bipartisan criticism of the Secret Service for the security lapse, as lawmakers in Congress seek to investigate how Crooks managed to reach the roof of a building outside the rally perimeter and have a line of sight of the former president to fire his firearm.
Now-former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has since resigned over the security lapses.
