The former president assured during an interview with Fox News that the shooting suspect “He believed Biden and Harris’s rhetoric and acted accordingly”. In this regard, he emphasized: “Your rhetoric is getting me shot.”
For their part, both Democratic leaders assured being “relieved” that Trump was “safe and sound” after the shooting that occurred near the property where he was playing golf.
Biden He stressed that Americans resolve their differences “peacefully at the polls, not at gunpoint” and asked for “more help” for the Secret Service, the police force in charge of protecting political figures. His attorney general and secretary of justice, Merrick Garlandpromised deploy “all available resources” to investigate the facts.
Assassination attempt on Donald Trump: there was a shooting near his golf club
Sunday afternoon Trump He was at his golf club in Florida when gunshots rang out nearby, his team said.
Several Secret Service agents “they opened fire on an armed man” which was located near the land. They also found an AK-47 rifle with a telescopic sight, along with two backpacks and video recording equipment.
The man, identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, was arrested thanks to a witness who identified his car. He was charged with illegal possession of weapons during his initial appearance on Monday.
The Secret Service confirmed that the suspect “did not shoot”
However, this afternoon the acting director of the Secret Service, Ronald Rowe said the suspect “did not fire any shots or fire any gunshots at our officer.”
“Yesterday was a confidential movement, and The president wasn’t even supposed to go there, It wasn’t on his official agenda. So We put together a security plan and that security plan worked perfectly,” he said.
The US federal police (FBI) interviews several agents who were at the golf club, seven witnesses and relatives, as well as friends and former colleagues of the suspect to obtain more information about him.
“The level of security at Mar-a-Lago is the highest it can be.“Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said, referring to Trump’s Florida residence.
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