2024-09-16 09:10:50
The FBI announced the arrest of a suspect who may have targeted the Republican presidential candidate on his golf course Sunday in Florida.
Published on 09/16/2024 09:46
Updated 16/09/2024 11:10
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Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, closed by police after a man pointed a gun, while Donald Trump was playing golf, September 15, 2024. (CARLOS ESCALONA / ANADOLU / AFP)
It is targeted for the second time in just over two months. Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the election of the President of the United States, has the goal, on Sunday, September 15, of a minute “Alleged attempted murder”in the words of the FBI.
An investigation opened to the facts, which took place while the former President of the United States was on the course of his golf course in Florida. Franceinfo summarizes what we know about the circumstances of the shootings “adhere to” of the candidate, who intervened in a difficult presidential campaign, around fifty days before the election of November 5.
A “shotgun” was fired next to Donald Trump at his Florida residence
Donald Trump was on the course of his golf club in West Palm Beach (Florida), not far from his Mar-a-Lago residence, when shots were heard. “Just before two o’clock.” local time (8 p.m. in Paris), according to the Secret Service. This prestigious police service responsible for the protection of presidents, former presidents and prominent political figures has announced the opening of an investigation. There are several Secret Service agents “Fire opened on a man in armor” approaching the edge of the farm, after seeing the barrel of the weapon hidden in the bushes.
The suspect fled in a black car, but a witness noticed the license plate, which allowed police to identify the vehicle. After chasing him, the authorities found him and arrested him. “We have a person in custody who is a potential suspect”confirmed the Palm Beach County Sheriff. “In the woods where the individual is, there is an AK-47 rifle with a scope, two backpacks on the wall with ceramic plates, and a GoPro that will be used to take photos”. Ric Bradshaw said. “We are not sure that an individual managed to open fire on our agents”added a representative of the Secret Service.
“Safe and Sound” Republican Candidate
Steven Cheung, director of communications for Donald Trump’s campaign, quickly issued a statement to respond to the facts. The former president and Republican candidate is “safety and sound behind the gun [tirés] near you”, he announced in a short message, of two lines, published at the beginning of the afternoon. “Don’t worry, I’m safe and sound, nobody got hurt. Thank God”then announced the 78-year-old billionaire and Republican tribune, according to messages sent to the press by his parties.
Donald Trump himself gave his news in an email sent to his supporters: “I am safe and sound (…) I will not leave you!
A man who was brought to justice many times
The 58-year-old man arrested is Ryan Wesley Routh, a construction worker. He has clearly shown his support for Ukraine on social networks after the Russian attack. “I AM READY TO FLY TO CRACOW AND GO TO THE ARMY OF UKRAINE TO VOLUNTEER, FIGHT AND DIE… CAN I BE THE EXAMPLE WE MUST WIN?”he wrote in a message on Twitter (since he became X), in March 2022.
AFP interviewed him in Kyiv at the end of April 2022, while he participated in a demonstration in support of Ukrainian citizens trapped in the port city of Mariupol. “[Vladimir] Putin is a terrorist and we must stop him. So we need everyone around the world to stop what they are doing and come here now. “he told the French press at the time.
Ryan Wesley Routh has a criminal record that spans decades. He was seriously arrested in 2002 after dealing himself with a firearm, reports CNN. The fifty-year-old regularly publishes comments on politics and current events on the Internet, sometimes opposing Donald Trump, according to American channels. CNN and CBS. Very active on social networks, in 2020, he spoke to Kim Jong-un, the dictator of North Korea, by calling him “Very smart and educated”and to the opponents of Hong Kong’s leaders during protests against the administration, such as Globalwho also posted his own thread on the X network, just before it was suspended on Sunday evening.
The Democratic camp condemned “political violence”.
The current President of the United States, Democrat Joe Biden, said that “relief” that of his rival “not touched” and praised them “The role of the Secret Service and federal law enforcement partners”. In a statement from the White House, the outgoing president reaffirmed that he was not “There is no place for political violence or any kind of violence in our country”.
Donald Trump’s candidate for the presidential election, Kamala Harris, said in a tweet that there will be no violence “There is no place in America.”
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