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We’ve learned quite a bit of information about the latest Trump assassination attempt since Sunday — both about the incident itself and the suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh.
According to officials from the FBI, Secret Service, and Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, Routh was charged with firearm offenses but not yet with crimes related to the assassination attempt. In 2019, the FBI received a tip about Routh illegally possessing a firearm, but authorities didn’t take action after the tip was deemed unverified.
Routh is a convicted felon with an extensive rap sheet that includes a 2002 conviction for possessing a weapon of mass destruction. I wonder if we’ll hear more about that one day. But one thing we do know is that he is a nutcase who the left’s rhetoric against Trump radicalized.
U.S. authorities’ knowledge of Routh before the assassination attempt isn’t the worst detail we’ve learned. Despite being close to the course, Routh never had a line of sight on Trump and didn’t fire any shots. Authorities tried hard to credit Joe Biden for ensuring that enhanced security measures were in place, but one detail that has come out raises major doubts about that.
