Sources Say White House Raised Alarm On MTG, Contacted Secret Service

The battle between Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene has escalated even further.


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The war between former allies Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene has escalated once again, with the Secret Service now involved.

According to Axios, the White House at one point reached out to the Secret Service to express concern about Greene.

“The relationship between President Trump and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene grew so poisonous that the White House told the Secret Service that Greene may have tipped off Code Pink protesters about his surprise visit last fall to a D.C. restaurant she recommended,” Axios reporting, citing “two sources on Trump’s team.”

Greene posted a picture with Code Pink leader Medea Benjamin on December 10.

“That episode — which involved a chaotic confrontation between anti-war activists and Trump — embarrassed the president and intensified concerns in the White House about his safety, a year after he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt,” Axios said.

Greene denied the accusation, telling the news outlet that the allegation about leaking the dinner plans was “an absolute lie, a dangerous lie. I would never do that.”

“Greene added that only the fancy lobbyist hangout — a few blocks from the White House, at 15th and H NW — and Trump aides knew of the reservation. She said: “The story you should be writing is why didn’t the Secret Service sweep the restaurant,” and have metal detectors at the door?,” the Axios story said.

Greene resigned from Congress earlier this week, after announcing she would do so last year.

“Trump’s Sept. 9 outing to Joe’s with Vice President Vance and several Cabinet members was part of an effort to show the president’s deployment of National Guard troops had made D.C. streets safer,” Axios said of the event.

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