Former President Donald Trump was briefly delayed by Secret Service agents at a conference in Nashville on Saturday due to another security breach, the Post has learned.
The holdup was caused by two individuals who bypassed metal detectors inside the Music City Center, where the Bitcoin 2024 conference was being held, shortly after 3:30 p.m., according to police sources.
The Republican candidate was scheduled to deliver the keynote address, but his security detail asked him to wait until the individuals were located, sources said.
After being found, the two individuals were removed from the event and questioned, sources said. Neither person has been criminally charged.
The two men were stopped at a first checkpoint before passing through the second checkpoint, sources said.
It is unclear how they managed to get past the control and what responsibility, if any, the secret services bear for this security breach.
The Secret Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An email to the Trump campaign also did not receive an immediate response.
The latest security blunder came about two weeks after Trump was shot by a sniper at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in a failed assassination attempt.
The shooting has drawn widespread criticism and scrutiny of the Secret Service, with lawmakers demanding more answers from the federal agency about what happened in Pennsylvania.
Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned from her post last week amid the storm.
Additional reporting by Victor Nava
