Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., might have tipped off protesters ahead of President Donald Trump's unannounced appearance at a Washington, D.C., restaurant last fall, a claim she is denying with four-letter words.
Axios reported Friday that the White House alerted the Secret Service to investigate Greene's putting the president's security at risk.
"Axios doesn't even list their sources," Greene told the Daily Mail in response. "They say aides, and that's not even credible.
"Treat me with f*cking respect and don't cut those lies about me."
Greene also denied being contacted about the Secret Service.
"There's no proof, and the Secret Service has not contacted me," she added to the Daily Mail. "There's been no investigation. It's like pure speculation.
"They print a story, it's a complete smear campaign.
"The entire thing lays at the feet of the White House and Secret Service. And they think about this seriously, they are creating this story on me after I leave Congress because the president is mad at me."
Greene is weighing legal action.
"I'm talking to my attorney about all of this," she said. "It is incredibly dangerous."
Trump was confronted by Code Pink protesters inside Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in September, a restaurant Greene recommended, according to Axios.
The protesters got within a few feet of Trump's table, raising security concerns and prompting questions about how they knew the president would be there.
The incident marked a "point of no return" in Trump's relationship with Greene, a one-time Republican ally who had become a staunch critic, the report said.
Greene denied the claim, telling Axios that any suggestion she revealed Trump's dinner plans was "an absolute lie — a dangerous lie. I would never do that."
It is unclear if Greene, whose last day in Congress was Jan. 5, was ever investigated by the Secret Service.
Trump's Sept. 9 visit to Joe's, alongside Vice President JD Vance and several Cabinet members, was intended to showcase improved safety on Washington streets after his decision to deploy the National Guard.
Code Pink protesters managed to get within feet of Trump's table, chanting slogans including "Free D.C.," "Free Palestine," and "Trump is the Hitler of our time."
In the weeks that followed, Trump aides worked to determine how the group learned of the president's unannounced dinner plans, which had been shared with only a small circle.
The media was not notified in advance of the outing, Axios said.
Adding to the suspicion, officials said that after recommending the president dine at Joe's, Greene repeatedly called White House staffers on the day of the dinner to confirm he was going, Axios reported.
After Trump was told about Greene's calls, he personally called her shortly before leaving the White House to confirm his plans, the report said.
Greene — a regular at the restaurant — did not appear at Joe's while Trump and other officials were there, a detail some Trump aides said they found unusual, according to the report.
Further, Greene is friends with Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin.
In fact, Benjamin and other Code Pink members later met with Greene after she announced in November that she would resign from Congress midway through her third term.
"I have enjoyed a friendship with Medea for a few years now even though politics says that's not allowed," Greene wrote in a December post to X.
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