A SECURITY breach on Donald Trump’s Scotland visit sparked a major Secret Service probe.
An investigation has been launched after an agent attempted to smuggle his wife onto a support plane accompanying the US President.
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The agent, based in Dallas, flew his wife to Maryland, and she received the official Secret Service briefing at the hotel.
She then got on the bus to the visitor lounge at US military base Joint Base Andrews.
The woman was later discovered and told to leave, The Herald reports.
The Secret Service said there was “no impact” on its overseas operation.
Spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said: “The U.S. Secret Service is conducting a personnel investigation after an employee attempted to invite his spouse – a member of the United States Air Force – aboard a mission support flight.
“The aircraft, operated by the U.S. Air Force, was being used by the Secret Service to transport personnel and equipment.
“Prior to the overseas departure, the employee was advised by supervisors that such action was prohibited, and the spouse was subsequently prevented from taking the flight.
“No Secret Service protectees were aboard and there was no impact to our overseas protective operation.”
British Army soldiers, snipers, US Secret Service agents and cops were spotted in huge numbers over the weekend as Trump visited his Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire.
Meanwhile, visitors were told to vacate Balmedie Beach in Aberdeenshire ahead of the President’s trip to his neighbouring Menie Estate.
Police warned roads and the park would be shut in advance as a massive security operation got underway ahead of Mr Trump’s arrival.
We told how a protester was arrested and given a recorded police warning on Friday for “abusive behaviour and refusing to stop” at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire, where the American leader’s Air Force One jet landed.
Meanwhile, Trump’s security entourage deployed a highly modified golf buggy to protect the prez from fairway assassins while he played his favourite sport at Turnberry.
The vehicle, which can sit six people, is believed to have state-of-the-art security protection – including smoke screens, electrified door handles and armoured plates.
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