(BPR) Retired FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker bluntly stated that there is a “scary” possibility that someone else was involved in the second assassination attempt on former President Trump over the weekend.
He made the comment to both Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo and Newsweek. Specifically, he wants to know how the suspect Ryan Wesley Routh knew what Trump’s golfing schedule was at his golf club in West Palm Beach, FL on Sunday and where to set up to take a shot. Swecker believes it’s possible that the shooter had inside information.
“The biggest question to answer is: ‘How did the would-be assassin know to be at that location at that time?’” Swecker, who has previously worked on FBI criminal investigations, asked.
“There are only three possible answers: He guessed and got very lucky; he conducted surveillance on Trump and followed him to the golf course, or he had inside information about Trump’s schedule,” he noted.
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Chris Swecker says there is a “scary” possibility someone else was involved.
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“The last answer is scary and has implications that another person was involved,” Swecker added.
Routh traveled all the way from Hawaii to Florida to try and take Trump out. Swecker pointed out that the only saving grace this time was that the Secret Service fired on the suspect before he could shoot Trump. After being fired upon, Routh fled and was apprehended shortly after that. He was armed with an AK-style rifle which he was aiming at the former president through shrubbery and/or a fence that lines the golf course according to the New York Post.
The suspect also had a GoPro camera set up so he could capture the assassination on video as he murdered his way into infamy. Routh was reportedly between 300 and 500 yards away from Trump when he was spotted. Swecker is incensed that he got that close and that security was once again so lax.
The FBI is now conducting an investigation into the second assassination attempt and Governor Ron DeSantis has also started a separate one to ensure the truth gets out about what occurred. This time, the FBI immediately labeled the incident as an assassination attempt.
