Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. told reporters today Ryan Routh, who was arrested in connection with what had been described as an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump on Sunday, never had line of sight to the former president. A Secret Service agent “immediately discharged his firearm” after seeing the suspect, who was on the public side of a fence at Trump’s Florida golf course. According to Rowe, Routh “did not fire or get off any shots at our agent” and immediately fled the scene leaving an AK-47-style rifle, a scope, two backpacks with ceramic tile and a GoPro camera in the bushes at the golf course. Rowe added that Trump’s golf outing was unscheduled, so Secret Service didn’t have time to sweep the entire golf course. “The president wasn’t even really supposed to go there,” Rowe said. “It was not on his official schedule. And so we put together a security plan, and that security plan worked.” Law enforcement also shared today that cell phone data showed Routh had apparently been in the area for 12 hours before the incident occurred. But why would he sit there for 12 hours not knowing Trump would even playing golf there on Sunday?
NEW: “The subject, who did not have line of sight to the former president, fled the scene. He did not fire or get off any shots at our agent,” Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. says on the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/50c0QtLBae
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) September 16, 2024
Let me get this straight, the supposed “assassin” from yesterday: * Never fired a shot * Never aimed gun at Trump * Voted for Trump in 16 * Was a supporter of Nikki Haley *Had a history of mental illness Trump immediately used this as a fundraiser & said “assassination attempt”
— Daniel Harder (@DanielHarder82) September 16, 2024
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