Would-be Donald Trump assassin and leftist tool Ryan Routh apparently arrived at his firing position nearly twelve hours before the Secret Service discovered him on Sunday. Cell phone data indicates that Ryan Wesley Routh arrived at the tree line fence near the Trump International Golf Club at 1:59 a.m. Sunday. The former president’s security detail discovered him at 1:31 p.m.
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The affidavit gives an inventory of what was found at the scene.
In the area of the tree line from which ROUTH fled, agents found a digital camera, two (2) bags, including a backpack, a loaded SKS-style, 7.62×39 caliber rifle with a scope, and a black plastic bag containing food. The serial number on the SKS-style rifle was obliterated and unreadable to the naked eye.
The rifle appears to be a Chinese knock-off of the ancient Soviet SKS made by Norinco. The SKS, scope or no scope, is not the rifle, nor does it fire the round (Warsaw Pact 7.62mm x 39mm) needed for reliable shooting at any distance.
In my view, finding the plastic bags with food torpedos one of the allegations made in the early hours after the shooting, which was that Trump’s personal schedule must have been compromised. This appears to be the action of someone who knew that Trump would play golf on Sunday, which is nearly everyone in Florida, but didn’t know when. So, he got into position under cover of darkness and waited for his target to come to him.
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It does call into question what kind of security is provided to Trump when some mope with a cheap rifle can penetrate Trump’s security perimeter, much like the scene in Butler, PA. Had he had sufficient skills to avoid sticking the barrel of the rifle through the fence, he could very well have succeeded.
At approximately 1:31 PM, a United States Secret Service (“USSS”) Special Agent assigned to the former President’s security detail was walking the perimeter of Trump International when the USSS Agent saw what appeared to be a rifle poking out of the tree line.
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