Federal agents had flagged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh after he returned from a trip to Ukraine, but no further action was taken by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Biden administration.
Despite the warning signs, Routh’s actions were not investigated, even though he posed a potential threat.
This failure comes from the same DHS that oversees the Secret Service, which allowed Routh to set up a sniper’s nest in the shrubbery on the perimeter of Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course, remaining undetected for 12 hours.
Routh’s background and suspicious activities should have triggered a more thorough investigation.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) interview notes, Routh had traveled to Kiev, Ukraine, for three months, where he claimed to have recruited soldiers from countries like Afghanistan, Moldova, and Taiwan to fight in Ukraine’s war against Russia.
He also mentioned recruiting individuals from countries such as Romania, Pakistan, Syria, and Israel. Routh stated that his work for the Ukrainian government was purely voluntary and that his trips were funded by his wife.
Routh spent eight months fighting in Ukraine before returning to the United States.
His social media accounts were filled with pro-Ukraine content, including videos featuring him with AZOV soldiers, a controversial Ukrainian military unit.
Despite this, federal agencies did not act on the information they had about Routh.
Just The News reported that when Routh returned to the U.S. from Ukraine in June 2023, he was interviewed by CBP officials at the Honolulu airport.
His spontaneous comments during the interview raised enough concerns that agents flagged him for further investigation.
However, the DHS declined to pursue any follow-up actions, marking yet another missed opportunity to prevent a potential threat.
The records reviewed by Just The News show that Routh had traveled to locations near the Ukraine border, including Warsaw, Poland, and Istanbul, Turkey, in 2022 and 2023.
During his interview, Routh admitted to recruiting as many as 100 foreign fighters from Taiwan, Afghanistan, and Moldova to join Ukraine’s fight against Russia.
He even handed U.S. agents a business card identifying himself as the director of a group called the “International Volunteer Center,” with contacts in Syria, Pakistan, and Israel. Routh also explained how his recruiting efforts were funded.
On the day of the assassination attempt, Routh managed to push the muzzle of his rifle through the fence line at Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach as the former president played golf with real estate investor Steve Witkoff.
Secret Service agents eventually fired at Routh, stopping the attack, but the incident raises serious questions about how Routh knew Trump would be golfing that day.
This marks another disturbing incident in which a potential threat to the former president was not properly addressed by federal authorities.
The failure to act on intelligence about Routh, combined with the Secret Service’s inability to detect his presence for hours, underscores the growing concern over security lapses and the DHS’s handling of high-profile threats.
Intentionally allowing any threat to enter without questioning or observing every move is how the Communist DHS, CIA, FBI now work for America.
All the three letter groups that’s well paid are useless, incompetent, enemies of the United States and they themselves are the potential threat to the American Citizens.
So why do we pay taxes just to be in Harms way every day.?
All they do is help anyone who will take out President Trump and the MAGA SUPPORTERS.
Based on the knowledge DHS acquired of him they probably decided to hire him to do this latest secret mission. So many obvious red flags about him were conveniently overlooked that it seems like he was part of inside job. They can find rosary praying grandmas in front of abortion clinics weeks later, or those who only set their one foot on Capital grounds on January 6 few months later, but this guy was of no interest to them? Who can believe it?
It sounds to me like he is likely a CIA operative. No visible means of support but travels and owns an arsenal of weapons despite being a felon.