Alleged attempted Trump assassin's political rant revealed in prison letter



Ryan Wesley Routh, the 48-year-old Floridian charged with attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump, revealed his political discontent in a letter addressed to a Politico reporter.

Routh was apprehended on September 16 after a Secret Service agent spotted the barrel of a rifle poking out of the bushes on golf course at the Trump International Golf Club at West Palm Beach, Florida. Routh was subsequently charged with attempting to kill the then-presidential candidate on September 26.

'I am unclear how we allowed ourselves to fall into just a two-party system, but it infuriates me.'

In the letter, which was written before the election, Routh called Trump a "dictator" and said we "must limit all Presidential power before Trump seizes our country" as well as "remove the power of our military by the President and place it with Congress before January."

Routh also ranted about the two-party system, claiming it is "designed to exclude most everyone" and forces voters to choose between "such flawed candidates."

“I am unclear how we allowed ourselves to fall into just a two-party system, but it infuriates me," Routh said in the letter.

“My entire life has been plagued by D’s and R’s," Routh continued. "It seems not long ago there was a push for the libertarian party and now a green party and maybe Truth party. But for some reason our leaders have not allowed any other party [to] be recognized in any race."

Routh's alleged assassination attempt came just two months after 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired shots at Trump in July during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania. In the letter, Routh likened himself to Crooks, saying they were both “ready to die for freedom and democracy.”

Routh rounded out his rantings with a closing message demanding peace.

“My fellowmen,” the alleged would-be assassin wrote, “please demand peace.”

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‘Preventable’ mistakes led to first Trump assassination attempt: House report



The House bipartisan task force investigating the assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump released a report Monday revealing "stunning" and "preventable" security failures that took place ahead of the July 13 rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

The report details the lack of coordination, communication, and planning at "several pivotal moments" between the U.S. Secret Service and local law enforcement prior to the rally, as well as the security risks that were overlooked. As a result, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to fire shots at the former president from an exposed rooftop positioned just 150 yards from the rally stage, killing an attendee and injuring two others.

'There were security failures on multiple fronts.'

"Put simply, the evidence obtained by the Task Force to date shows the tragic and shocking events of July 13 were preventable and should not have happened," the report reads.

The report reiterated the Secret Service's negligence leading up to the rally, confirming that there was no joint meeting between the federal, state, and local agencies to coordinate security the day of the event. The task force also found that the agency identified several security risks outside the perimeter but failed to actually secure them.

As a result of these failures, Crooks was spotted by multiple attendees, flagged as suspicious by Secret Service agents, and identified by a local counter-sniper over an hour before he fired shots at Trump.

"In the days leading up to the rally, it was not a single mistake that allowed Crooks to outmaneuver one of our country's most elite group of security professionals," Chairman Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) said in the report. "There were security failures on multiple fronts."

Then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified before Congress on July 22, less than two weeks after the assassination attempt in Butler, receiving bipartisan scrutiny from lawmakers. The day after her evasive testimony, Cheatle resigned from her post.

Just two months after the Butler rally shooting, Trump survived a second assassination attempt.

58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh was apprehended on Sept. 24 after a Secret Service agent allegedly spotted his rifle and scope poking out of the bushes at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Routh was later charged with attempting to assassinate Trump.

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Idaho man Warren Jones Crazybull accused of threatening to assassinate Trump 9 times: 'I'm coming for you Trump'



An Idaho man has been charged with threatening to assassinate former President Donald Trump on at least nine occasions, according to a criminal complaint.

On July 31 — two weeks after a failed assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania — 64-year-old Warren Jones Crazybull called the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort home and threatened to kill him, according to a criminal complaint and affidavit that was reported by Forbes.

'I start driving to the home of this multi-person rapist PIG TRUMP to take him down single combat.'

“Find Trump … I am coming down to Bedminster tomorrow. I am going to down him personally and kill him,” Crazybull said on the phone call, according to the Department of Justice complaint.

Trump National Golf Club is located in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Crazybull, of Sandpoint, is accused of making at least nine phone calls to Trump's Florida home and threatening to assassinate him.

Crazybull also allegedly made “concerning” threats of violence toward Trump on Facebook using the alias “Tracy Jones,” according to court documents.

“I start driving to the home of this multi-person rapist PIG TRUMP to take him down single combat,” a Facebook post from July 31 allegedly read.

Another post reportedly read, “I’m coming for you Trump.”

Crazybull's social media posts also referenced Jeffrey Epstein, “John John Kennedy Jr.,” and a “shadow government,” according to the criminal complaint.

Secret Service agents tracked down the suspect in Montana by using T-Mobile phone data, the feds said.

When investigators interviewed Crazybull, an agent said in the affidavit that he appeared as if his thought processes were "racing" and "confused" and that he seemed "paranoid."

He allegedly told investigators that “he would not attempt to kill former President Trump” but also claimed he would "not let" Trump become president again.

Crazybull said he blamed Trump and former President John F. Kennedy for “broken treaties that resulted in the loss of his land,” according to the affidavit.

The suspect reportedly told investigators that he had previously been admitted for psychiatric care.

Crazybull was arrested Aug. 1 and indicted Aug. 20 in federal court in Idaho.

He pleaded not guilty to one count of making threats against a former president.

The maximum prison sentence for a count of making threats to a former president is five years.

A trial is scheduled for Oct. 28.

Crazybull's threats came shortly after Thomas Matthew Crooks shot Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, striking him in the ear and killing a bystander.

Earlier this month, Secret Service spotted a rifle poking out of the bushes at the edge of Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Secret Service fired at the suspect. Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested shortly after he apparently fled the area.

Routh was charged with single counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

Blaze News investigative journalist Steve Baker told Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight” that Routh has a lengthy rap sheet.

“Most curious, with all of these charges, 74 arrests, how much time did he spend incarcerated? None. Zero,” Baker said.

Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung again blamed rhetoric spread by Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats for the threats.

“There have been two heinous assassination attempts on President Trump, and their violent rhetoric are directly to blame,” Cheung told NBC News.

“If the Democrats and Kamala Harris do not come out and apologize for their hateful rhetoric and tone down their attacks that have stoked the flames of violence, they are explicitly advocating for and inciting more bloodshed against President Trump,” Cheung declared.

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