Secret Service failed to search the golf course before assassination attempt

 NY Post:

Secret Service agents didn’t sweep the outskirts of Donald Trump’s Florida golf course where his alleged would-be assassin was hiding because the former president’s visit was an “off-the-record” plan, the embattled agency’s acting director admitted.

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, allegedly set up a sniper’s nest on the edge of Trump International West Palm Beach and hid there undetected for nearly 12 hours before Trump, 78, teed off on Sunday afternoon, federal prosecutors said.

Acting Secret Service head Ronald Rowe Jr. said Monday that agents didn’t mount an intense search of the perimeter because the 45th president’s round wasn’t on his official calendar.

“The president wasn’t even really supposed to go there. It was not on his official schedule,” Rowe told reporters as he defended the security measures in place.

“And so we put together a security plan — and that security plan worked,” he said of Routh’s arrest before he got off any shots.
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Still, the acting director hailed the agents who ended up spotting the muzzle of an AK-style rifle sticking through the shrubbery that lines the course and opened fire on the suspect before he could take a shot.

The suspect allegedly dropped his rifle when an agent opened fire and fled in an SUV — leaving behind his firearm, two backpacks and a GoPro camera, according to a criminal complaint.
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The attempts on Trump's life are storage.  We still do not know why they wanted to kill Trump.  Were they doing it because of political reasons?  Were they motivated by the political attacks on Trump as a "threat to democracy?"  

What I do know is that the "threat to democracy" allegation is totally bogus.  Trump is running for office just like other potential candidates.

See also:

Suspect Ryan Wesley Routh appears in court, faces gun charges after Trump assassination attempt

Politicians on all sides gave their best wishes to former President Trump following a second assassination attempt against him on Sunday. Gunman Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested shortly after the incident, which took place on a golf course where Trump was playing just one hole away. Trump was quickly reported safe, and authorities apprehended Routh after he attempted to flee. Routh appeared in court for the first time on Monday.

And:

 Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii echoed Harris, Biden’s anti-Trump rhetoric as he backed Dem candidates

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