The White House raised concerns to the Secret Service that former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene may have alerted anti-war activists to President Donald Trump’s location ahead of a public confrontation, according to a new report.
Axios reported that the episode occurred in September, when Trump visited Joe’s Seafood, a Washington, D.C., restaurant Greene had recommended. During the visit, Code Pink activists confronted Trump, with protesters getting within a few feet of him — an encounter that, according to the outlet, drew attention inside the administration to both the optics and potential security implications. Protesters shouted slogans including: “Free DC.! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!”
Greene denied any role in informing activists about Trump’s plans, calling the allegation “an absolute lie, a dangerous lie.” She said she recommended the restaurant but did not know Trump would go there. “The story you should be writing is why didn’t the Secret Service sweep the restaurant,” she said. Code Pink spokesperson Melissa Garriga also denied that Greene tipped off the group.
Still, the Secret Service examined the possibility based on two factors cited in the report. First, officials said Greene repeatedly contacted White House staff to confirm whether Trump would dine at the restaurant she had suggested. Trump later told her he would go, but Greene did not attend — something that reportedly struck some aides as unusual.
Second, the report noted Greene’s relationship with Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, as well as overlapping policy views between Greene and the group on opposing U.S. military aid to Ukraine and Israel.
The report also described a widening rift between Greene and Trump in recent months, culminating in Greene resigning from Congress this week. She has criticized several of Trump’s actions, including most recently his operation in Venezuela.
Appearing on The View this week, Greene said she attended “countless Trump rallies” and stood on stage with Trump and other Republican candidates, promoting an “America First” message.
“No more regime change, no more foreign wars, no more foreign intervention. Enough of this. That’s what America First means,” she said.
Greene went on to criticize the Venezuela operation, arguing that “militarily invading a country, killing people in the process, arresting their leader and taking them out,” while framing it as being for Venezuelans, was inconsistent — particularly, she said, given that official statements also focused heavily on Venezuelan oil.
