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| - On Nov. 21, 2024, The Independent's White House correspondent, Andrew Feinberg, claimed on X [archived] that two ambulances and several vans that appeared full of U.S. Secret Service personnel had left Mar-a-Lago "in the last few minutes." The post received more than 4 million views, as of this writing,
However, it was a false alarm. Anthony Guglielmi, spokesperson for the Secret Service, responded to Feinberg's original post, clarifying that there were no issues or concerns "with any Secret Service protectees on the property," and if there was an ambulance, "it may be an unrelated issue."
Trump's spokesman, Steven Cheung, wrote on X that "some idiot at CBS overreacted and set off the fire alarm for no reason thinking they were going to get the scoop of a lifetime."
Sources
McCreary, Joedy. 'Ambulances Were at Mar-a-Lago for Vance Motorcade, Not for Trump | Fact Check'. USA TODAY, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/11/21/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-ambulance-fact-check/76488242007/. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
Reporter, Flynn Nicholls US News. 'Trump's Team Hits out at Mar-a-Lago Ambulance False Alarm: "F***ing Dummy"'. Newsweek, 22 Nov. 2024, https://www.newsweek.com/trump-team-hits-out-mar-lago-ambulance-false-alarm-steven-cheung-1989946.
Staff, A. O. L. FACT CHECK: Did Trump Leave Mar-A-Lago In An Ambulance? 22 Nov. 2024, https://www.aol.com/fact-check-did-trump-leave-204513685.html.
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