Overview
- During a Sept. 9 stop at Joe’s Seafood in Washington, D.C., Code Pink protesters approached within a few feet of the president while chanting, as shown in video.
- The Secret Service says all guests, including the protesters who booked a reservation, were screened before the arrival and the situation was resolved quickly.
- Chief of Staff Susie Wiles summoned Secret Service leaders afterward, calling the close contact unacceptable and noting concern over table knives near the group.
- Trump aides have frozen plans for unannounced OTR visits, which use lighter security than public events, after questioning how the protesters learned of the dinner.
- The episode is being weighed alongside ongoing FBI and Secret Service probes of other threats, including a suspicious hunting stand with a line of sight to Trump’s Air Force One exit in Palm Beach.