Were four U.S. Secret Service agents placed on leave after tampering with the air defense systems at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's Florida home? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the U.S. Secret Service told Lead Stories, "there is zero truth to that post." The X account that posted the claim is from a website with a disclaimer stating it is "humor, parody, and satire."
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) by the @RealRawNews1 account on X on Oct. 27, 2026. It read:
Four Secret Service agents stationed at Mar-a-Lago have been placed on adminstrative [sic] leave after allegedly tampering with the AN/TWQ-1 Avenger short-range air defense systems White Hats stationed there to protect the property from foreign and domestic threats. More soon.
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of publication:
(Image source: post by @RealRawNews1 on X.)
A spokesperson for the U.S. Secret Service told Lead Stories via email on Oct. 27, 2026, that "there is zero truth to that post."
The @SecretService account (archived here) replied to the post on X with a message on Oct. 27, 2026. It read:
FACT CHECK: NOT TRUE!
Kudos to everyone in the comment section who knew this story was absolutely untrue.
Grateful for @NORADCommand and @USNorthernCmd for their strong support and partnership.
This is a screenshot of the original post and the reply by the Secret Service:
(Image source: post by @SecretService on X.)
Real Raw News
Real Raw News has a long history of publishing false claims in mock news stories, many of them about convictions and executions of various public figures at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. For example, the site reported that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was hanged (she was not); former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta was executed (he was not); and that "the military" convicted former Attorney General William Barr on charges of treason (it did not).
The website for Real Raw News includes a disclaimer (archived here and pictured below) that warns readers not to take its content too seriously. Specifically, it says:
Information on this website is for informational and educational and entertainment purposes. This website contains humor, parody, and satire. We have included this disclaimer for our protection, on the advice on [sic] legal counsel.
(Image source: Real Raw News.)
