Donald Trump Distances Himself From Butler Who Called for Obama to Be Hanged

Presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has said his fair share of controversial things on the campaign trail, such as calling Mexicans "rapists" and "criminals," released a statement denouncing his butler after he said Barack Obama should be killed.

Mother Jones first reported that Trump's former Butler, Anthony Senecal, wrote in a since-deleted Facebook post that "...[Obama] should have been taken out by our military and shot as an enemy agent in his first term."

Senecal was interviewed by The New York Times in March for a story about Trump, who he called "the king." According to the article he worked at Mar-a-Lago estate for a total of 60 years, 30 under Trump. When CNN contacted Senecal about the post he doubled down on his comments in a phone interview Thursday saying, "I think I said hung."

"Either way, I don't care," said Senecal. "Hanging, shooting, I'd prefer he'd be hung from the portico of the White House, or as I call it, the white mosque." Senecal toldCNN he's not "nuts," but that he is "fed up" with Obama.

CNNreports the Trump campaign released a statement about Senecal's comments with campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks saying: "Tony Senecal has not worked at Mar-a-Lago for years, but nevertheless we totally and completely disavow the horrible statements made by him regarding the President."

Senecal may no longer be a butler, but he's since become the Mar-a-Lago "unofficial historian," NYT reported.

The Secret Service is looking into Senecal's comments, saying it's "aware of this matter and will conduct the appropriate investigation."