A 23-year-old Texas man was arrested early Tuesday for jumping the wall at Mar-a-Lago. He told Secret Service agents he wanted to “spread the Gospel to the President and marry Kai,” according to a Palm Beach Police report.
The man, identified as Anthony Thomas Reyes, was apprehended just after midnight by US Secret Service agents and charged with misdemeanor trespassing. According to the arrest report from the Palm Beach Police Department, it wasn’t his first intrusion — Reyes had previously been caught trespassing on the property in December 2024.
“I climbed the wall to spread the Gospel and marry Kai,” Reyes reportedly told officers after his arrest.
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Court documents say Reyes believed he could reach Donald Trump to discuss religion and to ask for the hand of Trump’s granddaughter, 18-year-old Kai Madison Trump, who is the daughter of Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump. Trump was in Washington, D.C., at the time of the incident.
Reyes pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance on Tuesday before Judge Daliah Weiss. He remains in Palm Beach County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
The unusual incident adds to a growing list of breaches at Mar-a-Lago, where the Secret Service has expanded security since the July 13 attempted assassination of Trump at a campaign rally. In April, a 58-year-old woman named Adrienne Tajirian was arrested after she tried to dine with Donald Trump Jr.