Did Ryan Routh have inside info on Trump’s
movements? Ex-FBI official calls possibility ‘scary’
New York Post,
by
Emily Crane
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
9/16/2024 9:43:17 AM
The alleged would-be assassin arrested for targeting Donald Trump while he golfed in Florida may have been given inside information about the former president’s schedule, according to an ex-FBI official who called the possibility “scary.”
Chris Swecker, a retired FBI assistant director, told Newsweek that the feds and other law enforcement will be probing how the suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, allegedly appeared to know Trump would be at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday.
“The biggest question to answer is: ‘How did the would-be assassin know to be at that location at that time?'” said Swecker, who worked on FBI criminal investigations.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Northcross 9/16/2024 9:50:00 AM (No. 1796620)
Note well that the same question can be asked about Thomas Crooks, who had scouted the venue in Bedford, PA before the rally was ever publicly announced. Someone was setting these guys up.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
PChristopher 9/16/2024 9:50:15 AM (No. 1796622)
There's a traitor on DJT's team .... according to some sources, they are aware of it, but they need to work faster on flushing him, her, or it out.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
vrb8m 9/16/2024 9:52:20 AM (No. 1796624)
And speaking of Crooks, #1, he and Routh have both appeared in advertisements for BlackRock.
Vince Langman on X: "Ryan Wesley Routh was in a BlackRock commercial, just like Thomas Matthew Crooks. I'm sure it's just a coincidence 😉 https://t.co/7Kupyj1UiS" / X
https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1835631151236452695
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 9/16/2024 10:04:26 AM (No. 1796631)
I'd like to know how and where Routh got the rifle since he was a felon.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 9/16/2024 10:15:20 AM (No. 1796637)
Yeah, there is either a mole on Trump's team or someone is intercepting communications. Shouldn't be too hard to hunt this person down.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
john56 9/16/2024 10:18:31 AM (No. 1796638)
I'm not sure he had inside knowledge. You wait outside Maralago waiting for a line of limos and SUVs with lights flashing and follow them to the golf course. Trump heads to the clubhouse/locker room to get his clubs and get started on the course. He had already finished 5 holes before the USSS found the guy. He probably had close to an hour to set everything up.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
red1066 9/16/2024 10:25:09 AM (No. 1796642)
Unlike the rally which had been promoted probably for quite some time, the fact that Crooks was scouting out the area prior is really no surprise. The golf outing was a spur of the moment decision. I suspect from the interviews with people who knew Routh, the news that Trump was in the area wasn't really a secret and he was just hanging around looking for a place to spot him. People who knew Routh universally called him a nutjob. I suspect Routh simply stumbled upon the location simply out of sheer luck from his point of view. Anytime a high-profile public figure such as a political figure is out, it's not too difficult to know where that person is. Simply follow the line of police cars and black SUV's. Sometimes the simplest explanation is the correct one. Not everything is a conspiracy.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Safari Man 9/16/2024 10:45:50 AM (No. 1796652)
Maybe the guy(s) who "spotted" the shooter should be looked at. Imagine you want to be a hero... you tell this guy to go to the golf course to shoot Trump, then you "spot him" and shoot at him. Maybe you're thinking of killing him, maybe you intentionally miss. Either way, you're the hero.
Its a weak theory, but you hear about stuff like this with fireman arsonists etc.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
billa57 9/16/2024 10:47:48 AM (No. 1796653)
Democrats are brainwashing their followers into become assassins. In the end, that's going to work out bad for them. One way or the other.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 9/16/2024 10:48:13 AM (No. 1796654)
If true (it appears to be so), looks like someone is leaking the president's whereabouts practically in real time and that information is being placed out on the internet somewhere. Law enforcement should be able to track this down.
#4, not only the rifle, but was he voting. Thought felons could not vote.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MickTurn 9/16/2024 11:20:51 AM (No. 1796679)
Another Deep State Tool. There is no doubt they are all trying every option to delete Trump!
Time for a total ACID wash of the Deep State and all governmental agencies. They were Infested with Marxist buddies of Obummer when he was the Resident!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
MickTurn 9/16/2024 11:23:11 AM (No. 1796681)
ALSO Remember the NSA has all phone calls in a database, from there it was a piece of cake to determine where Trump would be and when! Just as in Trump's 2016 run for President, the FBLIE and DOJ were allowing "contractors" for the Deep State to peruse all the calls and texts...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
kono 9/16/2024 11:28:45 AM (No. 1796688)
An ex-FBI agent found the idea 'scary' -- but what do current FBI agents think? Or are they all pretending not to hear anybody asking?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Dreadnought 9/16/2024 11:31:14 AM (No. 1796693)
Look at a map. Trump was at hole 5, Routh was at the fence at hole 6. The media has been reporting distances of around "400 yards". Google Earth has it as about 800 to 900 feet (300 yards or less), and it was not a clear path. That's why he did not shoot, and why the Secret Service was able to spot him as Trump played his rounds. Routh was waiting for Trump to come to him.
Routh built a nest. They didn't spot him until the Secret Service surveilled the upcoming hole.
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I seem to recall a famous mafia member was gunned down at a golf course in Ohio in the 1960's.
I guess everything old is new again.
I also believe Trump has a rat in his crew to quote Frank Costello in the movie, "The Departed."
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
hershey 9/16/2024 12:36:23 PM (No. 1796729)
It wouldn't surprise me one bit...the Deep State is deep and like an octupus has it's tentacles everywhere...he should be given MAX SS coverage just because of this second attempt.no because he is not a 'sitting' president, ..not enough agents? Then pull some from Carter, Bush, Clinton and Obama...liberals aren't going to go after them...or cutback on how many family members get coverage...how many are marching around covering the Obama girls, or HIllarys darling daughter husband and kids???
I;d love to see some stats on how many agents cover each family....would be interesting...
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Dreadnought 9/16/2024 12:40:45 PM (No. 1796732)
You don't have to go to the alphabets, deep state or staff for this. Who earns a living following the activities public figures? The media does. Routh is extremely media savvy. He's been everywhere in the major media. His media photos are easy to find, he's featured in the NY Times, he's photographed in the Ukraine, he chats with members of Congress.
He knows people and people know him. He has contacts. People talk and "chat."
Start there. And for starters ask Comcast --> NBCUniversal --> MSNBC if their agents, servants, or employees have talked to this guy recently.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 9/16/2024 1:08:34 PM (No. 1796741)
Pardon second post.
Routh was a resident of Hawaii. How long had he been in Florida. If anyone checked Routh's whereabouts, would they discover he had been following Trump around (like Pennsylvania).
Another aspect of this. Has the Trump campaign been hacked, and some unknown person is privy to all of Trump's movements. Who all did Trump discuss this golf outing with and who did those people talk to?
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Reminds me a lot of James Earl Ray. A loner with a criminal background and no money yet able to fly around the world, obtain weapons and a vehicle and has detailed intelligence on his target’s movements in an effort to carry out an election year assassination attempt. Coincidence?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 9/16/2024 2:52:24 PM (No. 1796773)
Somebody told him where Trump would be. You KNOW that's the only explanation...
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MsMontana 9/16/2024 3:14:25 PM (No. 1796785)
Of COURSE there were other people involved!
Why in the world would we think he acted alone just because he was arrested alone?
Same with the little transgender pipsqueak Thomas Matthew Crooks. He DID NOT ACT ALONE and yet we have heard NOTHING about what every sane person knows is fact.
Root out this evil and execute for treason. Swiftly and publicly.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
danu 9/16/2024 4:28:54 PM (No. 1796818)
compare peter pan, flitting effortlessly through the world, with stolen cars, ceramic -lined
backpacks, and the ability to take photos of his evil deeds -for...? zelazov? psychic knowing
of pdt's unscheduled golf game , large dangerous mystery weapons in the shhhrrrubbbery
with...tulsi gabbard ....
placed by her colleagues on secret no fly lists.
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