The longtime former butler to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called for President Obama to be killed, and now the Secret Service said it will conduct an investigation.
Liberal magazine Mother Jones reported on Anthony Senecal’s Facebook posts, including one from Wednesday in which he wrote Obama “should have been taken out by our military and shot as an enemy agent in his first term.”
The post was only visible to his Facebook friends, but Senecal confirmed its authenticity to Mother Jones, saying, “I wrote that. I believe that.”
“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of this matter and will conduct the appropriate investigation,” agency spokesman Robert Hoback said in an email Thursday.
The Trump campaign denounced Senecal’s messages and distanced itself from the former butler at Trump’s estate, the Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
“Tony Senecal has not worked at Mar-a-Lago for years, but nevertheless we totally and completely disavow the horrible statements made by him regarding the President,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks said via email.
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