Armed man arrested at Trump's California golf course

Police in California arrested a man at US President Donald Trump's golf course in Los Angeles two days before Mr Trump was due to visit, according to the local sheriff's office.

The suspect, identified by local authorities as 38-year-old Jeanine John Taele, was arrested on Sunday afternoon at the golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes.

During the arrest, deputies recovered a 16-round magazine containing hollow-point ammunition from the suspect's pocket, according to the statement.

Authorities then searched the suspect's vehicle and recovered a loaded pistol with a round in the chamber, along with an additional loaded magazine containing hollow-point ammunition.

Plainclothes federal agents spotted him "walking throughout the golf course grounds taking photographs and videos and appearing to monitor security-planning activities," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

Mr Trump arrived by helicopter at the golf club yesterday evening to attend a fundraising dinner hosted by the Republican National Committee.

Investigators from the sheriff's department and the FBI's counterterrorism unit later searched Mr Taele's home, where they found an assault-style rifle, a pistol, a bulletproof vest, high-capacity magazines, ammunition, two radios, as well as "multiple notebooks containing concerning statements"."

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office will decide whether to file charges after investigators presented the case yesterday morning.