Authorities arrested a man twice on Wednesday after he attempted to trespass onto 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Los Angeles home.
Jonathan Macht, 28, was identified by authorities and is currently held on a $30,000 bail for violating an emergency protective order, according to NBC News.
According to the campaign, the first incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. when the suspect allegedly climbed a fence and asked to see Kennedy, who was home with his wife at the time.
Gavin de Becker and Associates, a private security company hired by Kennedy, detained the man and turned him over to the Los Angeles Police Department, the campaign said.
Responding officers placed the suspect in custody and transported him to the West Los Angeles police station, where authorities reportedly cited and released him.
Following that citation, the campaign said the man returned to Kennedy’s residence and was arrested for a second time while Kennedy was still home.
According to The Daily Wire, the security company allegedly notified the Secret Service several times recently about the suspect, who they described as an “obsessed individual” and shared alarming communications previously sent to the candidate from the unidentified person. (RELATED: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Officially Kicks Off 2024 White House Campaign)
“Over several months, the campaign submitted formal requests for Secret Service protection, yet U.S. Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas has refused to approve the protection,” Kennedy’s campaign said. “Every presidential administration for 55 years has afforded early protection to candidates who requested it.”
“The Biden administration is the sole outlier,” the campaign added.
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