The Secret Service is investigating Donald Trump’s former butler after he was revealed to have posted on Facebook calling for President Obama to be killed.
“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of this matter and will conduct the appropriate investigation,” Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said in a statement.
Anthony Senecal, who worked for Trump for more than 17 years, posted that Obama should have been “shot as an enemy agent.” In separate posts, Senecal said Obama “should be hung for treason” and referred to him as a “mu—-e,” a derogatory term for a Muslim often used by white supremacists.
Some of Senecal’s other extreme comments echo Trump’s accusations that Obama is not a Christian or an American citizen. The butler no longer works for Trump directly, but he currently serves as the in-house historian at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. While Senecal confirmed to Mother Jones that he authored the posts himself, he said his views do not represent the views of his former boss.
