Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump is a “moment of soul searching for all Americans.” “It’s a time to reflect on the ways that our political process has been injected by reprehensible violence,” McConnell said on the Senate floor Monday. “In America, our democracy
The criminal complaint against Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect behind the second assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, has been released. Routh was in the vicinity of Trump International Golf Club, where Trump went golfing, between approximately 1:59 a.m. to 1:31 p.m. ET, according to the complaint. Routh allegedly pointed his gun through the
4 mins ago A bipartisan House task force investigating the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has requested a briefing from the Secret Service in the wake of the second attempt, the panel announced Sunday. “The Task Force is monitoring this attempted assassination of former President Trump in West Palm Beach this afternoon.
Top Democrats condemned what appears to be a second attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life in public statements. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday evening said he had been briefed on the incident, and expressed gratitude to law enforcement. “I was just briefed by the Acting Director of the Secret Service,” Schumer
Former President Donald Trump is “safe and unharmed” after Secret Service agents engaged with a suspect pointing a high-powered rifle at the Florida golf course where Trump was golfing Sunday afternoon, officials say. They said the suspect fled but was later taken into custody. The FBI and U.S. Secret Service are investigating the incident, which
The FBI is leading the investigation into the incident, while the gunman is in custody. The FBI said on Sept. 15 that former President Donald Trump was targeted in a suspected second assassination attempt in as many months after his campaign confirmed that shots were reported near his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida.,
Law enforcement officials ‘believe an armed individual intended to target Trump,’ according to CNN (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Former president Donald Trump is safe after multiple shots were fired “in his vicinity” as he golfed at his club in West Palm Beach, Florida, his campaign said Sunday. Law enforcement officials “believe an armed individual intended to