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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Judge orders mental health evaluation for man found with gun at Trump golf course in LA

Police and Secret Service agents stand guard as black vehicles drive by.
The president’s motorcade arrives at the Trump National Golf Club on 4 August 2026. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

A judge in California has suspended criminal proceedings against a man found with a loaded gun near Donald Trump’s golf course in Los Angeles, and instead ordered him to undergo a mental health evaluation.

Jeanine John Taele, 38, of Downey, California, was arrested for weapons violations days before the president spoke at a 5 August Republican fundraiser at the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes.

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