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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Sep 16, 2024, 02:52 PM Sep 2024

Suspect in apparent assassination attempt on Trump was near golf course for 12 hours, records show [View all]

Source: Associated Press

U.S. News
Suspect in apparent assassination attempt on Trump was near golf course for 12 hours, records show

By TERRY SPENCER, STEPHANY MATAT, ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG
Updated 2:43 PM EDT, September 16, 2024

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting Donald Trump camped outside a golf course with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours, lying in wait for the former president before a Secret Service agent thwarted the potential attack and opened fire, according to court documents filed Monday.

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Underscoring the level of planning involved, Routh is believed to have been positioned at the tree line of the golf course from about 1:59 a.m. to 1:31 p.m. Sunday, according to an FBI affidavit that cites cellphone data. A digital camera, a loaded SKS-style rifle with a scope and a plastic bag containing food were recovered from the area where Routh had been standing, according to the affidavit.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-fbi-assassination-attempt-fee81d8bcf737bfcde2ee8e5cea88465



The rest of the article is the same stuff that's been circulating for the last 24 hours.
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The US Secret Service seems, um, not that competent Prairie Gates Sep 2024 #1
I wonder how many others have set up camps and blinds along the golf course, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2024 #4
Doesn't mention a tent. Igel Sep 2024 #8
Thought it was in West Palm Nasruddin Sep 2024 #16
Florida IbogaProject Sep 2024 #25
Before trump maga we didnt need to be so overly careful oldmanlynn Sep 2024 #22
I wonder if he did this on other days leading up to the attempt forthemiddle Sep 2024 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2024 #23
It's odd how both this guy and the other were able to slip past the secret service. cstanleytech Sep 2024 #3
Understaffed to cover the entire perimeter of the course maxsolomon Sep 2024 #6
And monitor the interior of the "tree line." Igel Sep 2024 #9
Still it's odd IMO cstanleytech Sep 2024 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2024 #24
I find it not only odd, slightlv Sep 2024 #13
It would have to be a super-dooper shooter to shoot at someone yagotme Sep 2024 #15
Wow, people really, really, hate trump. Think. Again. Sep 2024 #5
Don't hate him, joshdawg Sep 2024 #26
Yeah, they kind of do hate him Farmer-Rick Sep 2024 #30
Aren't bdamomma Sep 2024 #34
Getting a tee time on Sunday afternoon can be murder. JohnnyRingo Sep 2024 #7
So, he wants a mulligan? Igel Sep 2024 #10
I see what you did there... Jack Valentino Sep 2024 #32
Why would he be there, especially at 2 AM, if trump decided "at the last minute" to go golfing? PSPS Sep 2024 #11
Has anything been released about this guy? slightlv Sep 2024 #14
Remember that Roger Stone is working in the moniss Sep 2024 #17
Maybe 2 AM is a good time to carry an AR-15 and other equipment without being noticed. nt hay rick Sep 2024 #19
Because Trump is constantly golfing Random Boomer Sep 2024 #28
Yup. I would guess that the odds of Trump going golfing on a Sunday when no Jack Valentino Sep 2024 #33
FBI Criminal Complaint for Ryan Wesley Routh C0RI0LANUS Sep 2024 #18
Dude didn't fire his weapon, so... where did the shots come from? 4lbs Sep 2024 #20
According to the FBI Criminal Complaint, C0RI0LANUS Sep 2024 #21
True but the MSM keeps wording it like Trump was shot at--total BS to sell advertising....n't Bengus81 Sep 2024 #31
No part of either Icanthinkformyself Sep 2024 #27
And the other shooter was flying a drone around the rally area for a hour or so Bengus81 Sep 2024 #29
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