Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vowed to conduct an independent state-level investigation of the latest attempt on Donald Trump’s life, on Sunday.
“The State of Florida will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club,” DeSantis Tweeted on Sunday evening.
“The people deserve the truth about the would be assassin and how he was able to get within 500 yards of the former president and current GOP nominee.”
The State of Florida will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 16, 2024
The people deserve the truth about the would be assassin and how he was able to get within 500 yards of the former president and current GOP…
DeSantis’s declaration follows calls from major figures, including Blackwater founder Erik Prince, to ensure that the investigation of the assassination attempt is not left to the federal government, which may have an interest in suppressing or tampering with critical evidence.
🚨WOW🚨
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 15, 2024
Ex-Navy Seal and Security Expert Erik Prince calls on Gov. DeSantis to DEMAND co-equal investigation into second Trump assassination attempt— limiting ability for feds to tamper with evidence
"It’s time for Governor DeSantis to flex up and see this is done properly.” pic.twitter.com/bUa4kSpaTX
After DeSantis made the announcement, Prince thanked him and told him to “be sure to collect a complete copy of all electronic, AD ID and link analysis” of the suspect.
Donald Trump was playing golf at his West Palm Beach golf course on Sunday afternoon when a Secret Service agent engaged a man wielding an AK-47. The man, Ryan Routh, had positioned himself a hole ahead of the former president, at a distance of between 300 and 500 yards, and was pointing his weapon through the fence. Routh fled the scene in a vehicle, leaving his weapon, two bags and a GoPro camera, but was later apprehended on I-95 in Martin County.
Details about the would-be assassin, including his links to the Ukrainian war effort, continue to emerge. Although his social-media accounts have already been scrubbed, Twitter users have been posting screengrabs from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram that show how Routh was involved with recruiting on behalf of Kyiv, in Europe and in the US. He posted angry anti-Trump and pro-Ukraine messages.
Records suggest he made 19 donations to Democratic candidates since 2019.
He also appears to have been well known to law enforcement, with a string of offences to his name, including “possession of a weapon of mass destruction” in 2002.
This is the second attempt on Donald Trump’s life in two months.
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