Suspect in Trump apparent assassination attempt went undetected for 12 hours

12 HOURS. THAT’S HOW LONG AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT IN THIS PAST WEEKEND’S APPARENT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP WENT UNDETECTED NEAR THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S GOLF CLUB IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA BEFORE BEING NOTICED BY A SECRET SERVICE AGENT. THE SUSPECT POINTING A RIFLE THROUGH THE BUSHES. THE AGENT FIRING AT THE SUSPECT WHO FLED THE SCENE ONLY TO BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY A SHORT TIME LATER. 

THE SUSPECT – 58-YEAR-OLD RYAN WESLEY ROUTH –IS SEEN IN BODYCAM VIDEO RELEASED BY A LOCAL SHERIFF’S OFFICE SHOWING HIS ARREST. 

HE WAS CHARGED MONDAY WITH POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AS A CONVICTED FELON AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WITH AN OBLITERATED SERIAL NUMBER. 

ROUTH DID NOT ENTER PLEA DURING AN APPEARANCE IN A FEDERAL COURTOOM. 

IN A MONDAY AFTERNOON PRESS CONFERENCE – SECRET SERVICE ACTING DIRECTOR RON ROWE JR SAID ROUTH DID NOT FIRE ANY SHOTS AT THE AGENT AND NEVER HAD TRUMP IN HIS LINE OF SIGHT. 

ROWE AND THE FBI AGENT IN CHARGE JEFFREY VELTRI SAID THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AS OF YET SHOWING THAT THE SUSPECT KNEW TRUMP WOULD BE GOLFING THAT DAY. 

VELTRI SPOKE OF ROUTH’S CRIMINAL PAST. 

JEFFREY B. VELTRI  | FBI SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE 

“In 2002, as the United States attorney mentioned, the subject was charged and convicted in North Carolina for possession of a weapon of mass destruction. Law enforcement checks also revealed that from 1997 to 2010, the subject had numerous felony charges for stolen goods. I can also share with you that he was the subject of a previously closed 2019 tip to the FBI where it was alleged he was a felon in possession of a firearm.” 

THE FBI PASSED ALONG THAT INFORMATION TO HAWAIIAN AUTHORITIES. 

ROWE TOLD REPORTERS TRUMP’S PLANS TO PLAY GOLF ON SUNDAY WERE “OFF-THE-RECORD” – MEANING IT WAS NOT PART OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S OFFICIAL SCHEDULE. 

BUT AS NEW QUESTIONS EMERGE ABOUT THE SECRET SERVICE’S EFFECTIVENESS FOLLOWING THE SECOND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN OVER TWO MONTHS, ROWE DEFENDED HIS AGENTS – SAYING THEY WERE “RISING FOR THIS MOMENT.” 

RONALD ROWE JR | ACTING DIRECTOR, U.S. SECRET SERVICE   

“Yesterday afternoon, this country was reminded of the heightened and dynamic threat environment that the United States Secret Service and its protectees face on a daily basis. Immediately following the assassination attempt of former President Donald J. Trump on July 13th, the Secret Service moved to increase assets to an already enhanced security posture for the former president.” 

ROWE SAID THE “HIGHEST LEVELS OF PROTECTION” WERE IN PLACE FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT – AS DIRECTED BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN – INCLUDING “COUNTER SNIPER TEAM ELEMENTS.” 

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON HIS WAY TO AN EVENT IN PHILADELPHIA, BIDEN SAID THE SECRET SERVICE QUOTE “NEEDS MORE HELP.”    

A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAID PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE TO TRUMP ON THE PHONE MONDAY – CONVEYING HIS RELIEF THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS SAFE 

DURING AN APPEARANCE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE X MONDAY NIGHT – TRUMP SPOKE ABOUT HEARING THE GUNSHOTS FIRED BY THE SECRET SERVICE – SAYING THE AGENT DID A “FANTASTIC JOB” AND JOKED THAT HE “WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SANK THAT LAST PUTT.” 

ROUTH’S NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 23RD FOR A PRE-DETENTION HEARING – HIS ARR IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH. 

ROUTH REMAINS IN CUSTODY AS AUTHORITIES CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION.

FAMOUS MUSICIAN, HIP HOP MOGUL, SEAN “DIDDY” COMBS, ARRESTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES. 

JUST HOURS BEFORE LAST NIGHT’S ARREST — HE WAS SPOTTED SUNBATHING IN A NEW YORK PARK. 

SOURCES CLOSE TO THE MATTER TELL MEDIA OUTLETS DIDDY WAS *NOT* EXPECTING THE ARREST. 

HOMELAND SECURITY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY  AT THE PARK HYATT HOTEL ON 57-TH STREET IN MANHATTAN. 

IT’S NOT YET CLEAR WHAT FEDERAL CHARGES HE’S FACING — THE INDICTMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE UNSEALED *TODAY* AT HIS ARRAIGNMENT. 

COMBS IS FACING MULTIPLE SEXUAL ASSAULT LAWSUITS — AND HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A FEDERAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROBE IN THE LAST YEAR WHICH IS WHY HOMELAND SECURITY IS INVOLVED. 

HIS LAWYERS SAY HE HAS BEEN COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATORS.

IT’S DAY TWO OF THE COAST GUARD’S HEARING INTO THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE IMPLOSION THAT KILLED ALL FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD. 

YESTERDAY — WE LEARNED ONE OF THE LAST MESSAGES SENT FROM THE DOOMED VESSEL, INDICATED THERE WERE NO CONCERNS. IT  READ QUOTE “ALL GOOD HERE”. 

THAT TEXT MESSAGE WAS SHOWN DURING A RE-CREATION OF THE SUBMERSIBLE’S TRIP TO THE TITANIC WRECKAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN JUNE 20-23. 

IT CAME NOT LONG BEFORE THE WATERCRAFT IMPLODED — LEAVING ALL FIVE PEOPLE ON BOARD, DEAD,  INCLUDING STOCKTON RUSH — THE CO-FOUNDER OF OCEAN GATE… THE COMPANY THAT OWNED THE TITAN. 

THE LEAD ENGINEER FOR THE VESSEL TESTIFIED AT YESTERDAY’S HEARING… SAYING HE FELT PRESSURED BY RUSH TO GET IT READY FOR THE TRIP. 

TONY NISSEN, FORMER OCEANGATE ENGINEERING DIRECTOR 

“He would fight for what he wanted. And what he wanted, even if it changed from day to day, right, like he … he would fight for what he wanted and he wouldn’t … he … he wouldn’t give an inch much at all.” 

“Most people would just eventually back down from Stockton, like, it … it was almost death by a thousand cuts. Most of the things.” 

NISSEN TESTIFIED HE STOPPED THE SUBMERSIBLE FROM GOING TO THE TITANIC IN 20-19 — TELLING RUSH IT WAS QUOTE “NOT WORKING LIKE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD.” 

HE WAS FIRED THAT YEAR. 

OCEAN GATE’S CO-FOUNDER, FORMER OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, AND FORMER SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR ARE ALSO SUPPOSED TO TESTIFY IN THE HEARING — WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PARENT COMPANY META HAS BANNED RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA BROADCASTER R-T — ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER KREMLIN-CONTROLLED OUTLETS. 

META ACCUSES THEM OF USING DECEPTIVE TACTICS TO COVERTLY INFLUENCE OPERATIONS ONLINE. 

BEFORE IT WAS BANNED ON MONDAY — R-T HAD MORE THAN SEVEN- MILLION FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK AND ONE MILLION ON INSTAGRAM. 

THE MOVE COMES DAYS AFTER THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED CHARGES AGAINST TWO R-T EMPLOYEES FOR FUNNELING NEARLY 10 MILLION DOLLARS INTO A U-S COMPANY TO CREATE AND PROMOTE CONTENT ALIGNING WITH RUSSIAN INTERESTS.

ALMOST FIVE YEARS AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SWEPT AND RAVAGED THE NATION — AS WELL AS THE WORLD — AND LED TO MANY PEOPLE WORKING FROM THEIR HOMES —  AMAZON IS ENDING REMOTE WORK. 

STARTING NEXT YEAR — CORPORATE EMPLOYEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE BACK IN THE OFFICE FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 

THIS IS THE LATEST UPDATE TO AMAZON’S RULES REGARDING REMOTE WORK. 

LAST YEAR — THE COMPANY CHANGED ITS POLICY TO MANDATE EMPLOYEES COME BACK TO THE OFFICE AT LEAST THREE DAYS A WEEK.. 

AMAZON HAS SUPPOSEDLY BEEN MARRED BY AN INABILITY TO GET THINGS DONE WITH LOTS OF MEETINGS AND LAYERS OF APPROVAL. 

C-E-O ANDY JASSY CALLED OUT THAT CULTURE IN A NOTE TO WORKERS SAYING  THERE ARE  “PRE-MEETINGS FOR THE PRE-MEETINGS FOR THE DECISION MEETINGS, A LONGER LINE OF MANAGERS FEELING LIKE THEY NEED TO REVIEW A TOPIC BEFORE IT MOVES FORWARD”

FINALLY THIS MORNING – WHILE THE PARIS SUMMER OLYMPICS HELD ITS CLOSING CEREMONY WEEKS AGO – IT’S NOT OVER YET FOR ONE **TEAM USA** ATHLETE. 

AMERICAN GYMNAST JORDAN CHILES IS APPEALING A DECISION THAT STRIPPED HER OF A BRONZE MEDAL. 

CHILES’ FIRST INDIVIDUAL OLYMPIC MEDAL WAS RESCINDED AFTER THE COURT OF ARBITRATION OF SPORT RULED THAT HER COACH FILED AN INQUIRY, DURING THE FLOOR EXERCISES,  WHICH PROPELLED JORDAN CHILES TO THIRD PLACE.  BUT IT WAS A FEW SECONDS TOO LATE. 

CHILES HAS NOW APPEALED HER CASE TO THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT OF SWITZERLAND. 

THE UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE SUPPORTS CHILES AND SAYS THEY ARE DETERMINED TO SEE SHE GETS THE RECOGNITION SHE DESERVES.