Woman called in Mar-a-Lago bomb threat weeks before Donald Trump’s attempted assassination

Mar-a-Lago, which Trump referred to as his "winter White House" while President, received a steep devaluation last week. Image via AP.

A Boca Raton woman is facing federal criminal charges after she was accused of making a bomb threat at Mar-a-Lago, a Trump hotel, and U.S Sen. Marco Rubio’s Office, according to court documents unsealed in July.

Martha Schoenfeld is charged with threatening a former President and knowingly making a telephonic bomb threat, according to the filing in the U.S. District Court’s Southern District of Florida. If convicted, each charge carries a maximum prison term of 10 years and a maximum fine of $250,000.

According to the federal complaint, Schoenfeld called former President Donald Trump’s golf club on June 6 and said on a voicemail, “There is a bomb I left on the site, so hopefully you will get everyone evacuated except for Trump.”

Later that day, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Brenden Clements went to her house and confronted Schoenfeld that her cellphone number matched the one that phoned in in the bomb threat at the famous Palm Beach County club. At first, she denied making the call. The agent told her the Secret Service would likely do a phone call trace to prove the call’s origins. Then Schoenfeld admitted to making the bomb threat, according to federal court records.

Under questioning, Schoenfeld admitted she made two other bomb threats June 6: to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas and Rubio’s Office. She used the same cellphone to make all three bomb threats, authorities said in the federal court filing.

Authorities don’t discuss her motives for making the threats.

Five weeks later, Trump was shot at and survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned after the security breach that allowed the gunman to access the roof and fire during Trump’s rally.

The federal charges against Schoenfeld were first reported by Court Watch.

Her attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. Schoenfeld’s bond was set at $25,000.