The statement was issued after Susan Crabtree, a political correspondent for the conservative-leaning RealClearPolitics site, reported that a Secret Service agent tried to “smuggle” his wife onto a car plane, a cargo aircraft used to transport vehicles, headed for Scotland with Trump’s security detail.

President Donald Trump dished on the "strange story" stemming from reports that a Secret Service agent attempted to smuggle his wife onto a Secret Service cargo plane accompanying the president on his trip to Scotland, as the Secret Service kicks off an investigation into the incident.