Speaker 1: An armed man arrested at President Trump's golf course with weapons,
Speaker 1: body armour, and ammunition.
Speaker 2: According to the FBI, he was armed with a sixteen
Speaker 2: round magazine containing hollow point ammunition, and.
Speaker 1: The government's reflecting poolcase falls apart after prosecutors say the
Speaker 1: damage wasn't caused by vandals.
Speaker 3: And I was disappointed with Jennie Piro, really disappointed with Jenny.
Speaker 3: She folded like an umbrella.
Speaker 1: And the third person is arrested for allegedly targeting witnesses
Speaker 1: in the Nolan Xavier Wells case. It's Wednesday, August Spith
Speaker 1: from the Black Effect podcast Network. I Memi Brown. This
Speaker 1: is front page and here are the day's biggest stories.
Speaker 1: Stay with me. And armed man in California is facing
Speaker 1: charges after investigators say he was found carrying weapons and
Speaker 1: tactical gear at President Trump's golf course just day before
Speaker 1: the president was scheduled to visit. Federal prosecutor say thirty
Speaker 1: eight year old Jeanine John Tally was arrested Saturday at
Speaker 1: Trump's National Golf Course in Ranchell. Pally's vertice. According to investigators,
Speaker 1: plain clothed FBI agents saw Tally walking around the property
Speaker 1: taking photos and videos and monitoring what appeared to be
Speaker 1: security operations.
Speaker 2: That somebody was on the golf course during the security
Speaker 2: meeting that they had for Trump's arrival and was found
Speaker 2: with all kinds of weapons.
Speaker 1: Deputies say they found a loaded magazine filled with polopoint
Speaker 1: ammunition in his pocket. A search of his vehicle uncovered
Speaker 1: a loaded handgun with a roundup already chambered, and another
Speaker 1: loaded magazine. The next day, investigators searched his home, and
Speaker 1: they say they found an illegally modified AR style rifle,
Speaker 1: another handgun, body armour, high capacity magazines, thousands of rounds
Speaker 1: of ammunition, radio signal devices, and notebooks containing what authorities
Speaker 1: describe as concerning statements. The investigation now involves the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force,
Speaker 1: and the Secret Service. Authorities say Tally was already under
Speaker 1: investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department in an unrelated
Speaker 1: robbery case. Officials have not identified a credible threat to
Speaker 1: the public and have not publicly said what they believe
Speaker 1: Tally was intending to do. President Trump was scheduled to
Speaker 1: appear at the golf course Tuesday evening for a Republican
Speaker 1: National Committee fundraiser. In a case the Trump administration once
Speaker 1: called vandalism has now completely fallen apart. Federal prosecutors have
Speaker 1: now dropped every charge connected to alleged damage at the
Speaker 1: Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after newly uncovered evidence suggests that
Speaker 1: the damage may have been caused by a construction problem,
Speaker 1: not vandals. Last week, prosecutors dismissed the felony case against
Speaker 1: Olympian days Hearn, who had been accused of destroying government
Speaker 1: property and was facing up to ten years in prison.
Speaker 1: Court filing say investigators could no longer prove Hern caused
Speaker 1: the damage after new evidence pointed to problems with how
Speaker 1: the pool's protective liner have been installed. Prosecutor cited what
Speaker 1: they described as a botch installation that caused the liner
Speaker 1: to separate from the surface. President Trump is sharply criticizing
Speaker 1: the decision, saying he still believes the reflecting pool was vandalized.
Speaker 3: And I was disappointed with Janee Pierro, really disappointed with
Speaker 3: Janeine Pierrot. She folded like an umbrella. No, Janine Piro
Speaker 3: made a mistake.
Speaker 2: It was vandalism.
Speaker 3: We have photographs or tapes like moving cameras, right, we
Speaker 3: have them where people are on the side cutting it
Speaker 3: with a box knife. It's a little hard to say
Speaker 3: who it exactly was, but it was people cutting this
Speaker 3: very expensive material, proofing material. Anyway, it looked beautiful, and
Speaker 3: then they cut it and they vandalized, and we weren't
Speaker 3: necessarily thrilled with the contractor, but they did a job
Speaker 3: and they were fixing any problems. But then I got
Speaker 3: carried away because the judge was extremely unfriendly to Janine,
Speaker 3: and frankly, I think she'd choked.
Speaker 1: And now prosecutors have dropped all the remaining misdemeanor cases.
Speaker 1: That means all four defendants are now cleared, and David
Speaker 1: Herne's attorneys say the case cost him his job and
Speaker 1: they're considering legal action against the federal government. The contractor
Speaker 1: responsible for installing the liner has not yet publicly been identified.
Speaker 1: And lastly, federal investigators have arrested a third person accused
Speaker 1: of threatening witnesses connected to the investigation into the death
Speaker 1: of Nolan Xavier Wells. According to federal court records, forty
Speaker 1: year old Edward James Porter is charged with transmitting threatening
Speaker 1: communications in interstate commerce. Prosecutors say Porter threatened to kill
Speaker 1: a witness and the witness's family before sending the witness
Speaker 1: their own home address, allegedly to show he knew where
Speaker 1: they lived. He is now the third person charged in
Speaker 1: connection with alleged threats surrounding the case. Last week, authorities
Speaker 1: arrested a California man accused of sending Judge Ashley Pull
Speaker 1: a Facebook message claiming he had mailed her a package
Speaker 1: that would quote blow you away. And earlier, an Ohio
Speaker 1: woman was arrested after prosecutors say she repeatedly called a
Speaker 1: Mississippi courthouse making a bomb threat tied to the case.
Speaker 1: Officials also say Nolan's parents have received numerous threats during
Speaker 1: the investigation, but so far no arrests have been made
Speaker 1: in those cases. Meanwhile, the state Medical Examiner has completed
Speaker 1: Nolan's autopsy, but the findings have not yet been released
Speaker 1: to the public, and attorney Ban Krump says the family
Speaker 1: still has not been allowed to review the report. No
Speaker 1: one has been charged in connection to the death of
Speaker 1: Nolan Wells. We will continue to follow the investigation. That's
Speaker 1: your front page. I Mimi Brown. This podcast was brought
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