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From the New York Post: Former President Donald Trump was briefly delayed by Secret Service agents from taking the stage at a conference in Nashville Saturday because of another security lapse, The Post has learned.
The hold up was caused by two individuals who made their way around metal detectors inside the Music City Center where the 2024 Bitcoin conference was held shortly after 3:30 p.m., according to law enforcement sources.
The Secret Service said in a statement to The Post Monday night the two were “credentialed and screened,” but were removed from the premises because they didn’t follow proper entry protocol.
The report explains that Trump was about to take the stage to give the keynote address, but was told by his security personnel that he should wait until the two people were located. After they were found and questioned, they were forced to leave, but were not criminally charged.
The two individuals had somehow bypassed a second screening after going through the initial checkpoint.
A spokesperson for the Secret Service said in a statement, “It was determined that there was no protective interest with these individuals and there was never a threat to the former president.”
When Trump finally came on stage, he reportedly quipped, “So the Secret Service just told me ‘sir We’d like a little more time.’ I said you take all the time you want. You can take two hours, three hours!”
Below is a video clip of the moment Trump was finally freed to come on stage at the Nashville event.
Trump on stage in Nashville, two weeks after surviving an assassination attempt.
Starting an hour late, he quips:
“So the Secret Service just told me ‘sir We’d like a little more time.’ I said you take all the time you want. You can take two hours, three hours!” pic.twitter.com/CjBy8hLBi2— Vivian Jones (@Vivian_E_Jones) July 27, 2024
