The U.S. Secret Service has acknowledged a security breach after a member of the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, carried a loaded semiautomatic handgun into the facility while President Donald Trump was on-site.

In a statement released on Wednesday, the U.S. Secret Service said the weapon—identified as a Glock—was not detected during a manual bag search conducted with handheld magnetometers on August 31.

Newsweek contacted Trump National Golf Club for comment via email outside normal working hours on Thursday.

Why It Matters

Although the club member who carried the loaded handgun into Trump National Golf Club last month self-reported the weapon and never came near the president, the lapse underscores persistent concerns about the Secret Service's ability to safeguar

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