{"id":2341930,"date":"2024-09-16T15:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T19:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-assassination-attempt-suspect-met-with-members-of-congress-in-2023-report\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T19:59:09","slug":"trump-assassination-attempt-suspect-met-with-members-of-congress-in-2023-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-assassination-attempt-suspect-met-with-members-of-congress-in-2023-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Assassination Attempt Suspect Met with Members of Congress in 2023: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-assassination-attempt-suspect-met-with-members-of-congress-in-2023-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2341930&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On September 15, 2024, \u2064Ryan Wesley\u2063 Routh, a 58-year-old\u200b man, was arrested at Trump International Golf Course\u2062 in Florida after a gun \u2064linked\u2063 to him was spotted. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wh-blames-wind-after-biden-stumbles-falls-while-boarding-air-force-one-staffer-i-almost-fell-coming-up-the-steps-myself\/\" title=\"WH Blames Wind After Biden Stumbles, Falls While Boarding Air Force One; Staffer: \u2018I Almost Fell Coming Up The Steps Myself\u2019\">incident occurred shortly<\/a> after\u2062 shots were fired,\u2062 prompting a police response that led to his \u200darrest. Routh gained media attention \u2062last \u200byear for\u200d his involvement in attempts \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isis-executioner-who-narrated-violent-propaganda-videos-sentenced-to-life-in-prison\/\" title=\"ISIS Executioner Who Narrated Violent Propaganda Videos Sentenced To Life In Prison\">recruit fighters<\/a> for Ukraine, \u2064as chronicled by The New York Times. He\u2064 claimed he was\u2064 in Washington, D.C., to discuss military \u2063support with U.S. lawmakers and had plans to bring Afghan\u200d soldiers to aid Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Routh&#8217;s ideas were criticized as unrealistic by Ukrainian officials, who stated that he was never connected to their military \u200cefforts. In\u2062 addition to his alleged assassination plot against former President Donald Trump, \u200dRouth had authored a book where he expressed controversial opinions about political leadership and the consequences \u2062of his past decisions, including an explicit mention of the option for violence against Trump. He previously coordinated\u2062 a\u200d GoFundMe campaign for what \u200dhe claimed were efforts to support Ukraine, although it\u200c is unclear how much\u2064 money \u2062was raised \u200bor how\u2063 it was used.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The man accused of wanting to assassinate former President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday was characterized in the media last year as leading a high-profile attempt to recruit fighters for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested Sunday after a Secret Service agent saw a gun linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-less-secret-service-security-golf-course-not-sitting-president-sheriff-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Routh<\/a> poking through a fence at Trump International Golf Course in Florida. Shots were fired, a man fled, then police arrested Routh.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2023, Routh was among those interviewed in a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/25\/world\/europe\/volunteers-us-ukraine-lies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> about Americans volunteering in the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Speaker Johnson should immediately release the names of every member of Congress who met with Ryan Routh. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/olXAYB5vKF\">pic.twitter.com\/olXAYB5vKF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joseph Pino (@JosephPino_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JosephPino_\/status\/1835443943305056528?\">September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Times reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/15\/us\/politics\/trump-routh-ukraine-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a>, after Routh hit the news Sunday, Routh told him he &ldquo;had planned for a two-hour meeting with some congressmen about Ukraine. (It&rsquo;s unclear if that meeting ever happened).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/15\/us\/politics\/trump-shooting-suspect-routh.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE4.qs6Z.YTolCmmwU7OI&amp;smid=url-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times report Sunday<\/a> said, Routh told the Times last March that he was in Washington, D.C., to meet with the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The commission is led by members of Congress and staffed by congressional aides,&rdquo; the Times noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The alleged Trump shooter spoke to the NYT in 2023 where he claimed he was in DC to meet with the pro-Ukraine Helsinki Commission staffed by bipartisan pro-Ukraine members of Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DXnQ3qTBKv\">pic.twitter.com\/DXnQ3qTBKv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esaagar\/status\/1835648378228629573?\">September 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Routh said at the time he wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers who fought the Taliban to fight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-response-trump-assassination-attempt-gets-met-avalanche-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can probably purchase some passports through Pakistan, since it&rsquo;s such a corrupt country,&rdquo; he said then.<\/p>\n<p>Although Ukraine has welcomed foreign fighters, Oleksandr Shaguri, an officer of the Foreigners Coordination Department of the Land Forces Command, in speaking of Routh, said &ldquo;the best way to describe his messages is &mdash; delusional ideas,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/16\/us\/ryan-routh-trump-what-we-know-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was offering us large numbers of recruits from different countries, but it was obvious to us his offers were not realistic. We didn&rsquo;t even answer. There was nothing to answer to. He was never part of the Legion and didn&rsquo;t cooperate with us in any way,&rdquo; Shaguri said.<\/p>\n<p>Routh wrote a book about Ukraine, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2024\/09\/15\/ryan-wesley-routh-trump-assassination-attempt-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the book, he said he &ldquo;must take part of the blame&rdquo; for electing a &ldquo;brainless&rdquo; president, in what appeared to be a reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-media-posts-trump-assassination-attempt-suspect-sound-exactly-like-hear-kamala-harris-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are free to assassinate Trump, as well as me, for that error in judgment and the dismantling of the deal,&rdquo; the book said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/syrian-born-boulder-shooting-suspect-known-to-the-fbi-suffered-from-paranoia-mental-illness\/\" title=\"Syrian-Born Boulder Shooting Suspect \u2018Known To The FBI,\u2019 Suffered From Paranoia, Mental Illness\">alleged shooter<\/a>, Ryan Routh who was arrested after leaving his gun outside the Trump Golf course today. Here he is being interviewed by Newsweek in Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yc1mOJ6HnO\">pic.twitter.com\/yc1mOJ6HnO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Raymond Arroyo (@RaymondArroyo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaymondArroyo\/status\/1835457542652101073?\">September 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Post also noted that at one time, a GoFundMe coordinated by Kathleen Shaffer said it was raising money for &ldquo;Ryan&rdquo; and had pictures that appeared to be of Routh.<\/p>\n<p>The site, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/ryans-international-volunteer-center-in-kyiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer active<\/a>, said donations had assisted Routh to &ldquo;send 120 drones to the front lines. Wow!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was taken into custody after a Secret Service agent noticed a firearm associated with him protruding from a fence at Trump International Golf Course. Following gunfire and Routh&#8217;s subsequent flight, law enforcement apprehended him. In March 2023, he was featured in a New York Times article discussing American volunteers joining the fight in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>After Routh made headlines on Sunday, Times reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff mentioned that Routh had indicated he intended to have a two-hour meeting with some congressmen regarding Ukraine; however, it remains uncertain if this meeting took place. A report from the Times stated that last March, Routh claimed he traveled to Washington D.C. for discussions with the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe\u2014a body led by congressional members and supported by their aides.<\/p>\n<p>Routh expressed his desire to recruit Afghan soldiers who had fought against the Taliban to join the Ukrainian cause. He suggested they could potentially acquire passports through Pakistan due to its corrupt nature. While Ukraine has welcomed foreign fighters, Oleksandr Shaguri from the Foreigners Coordination Department of Land Forces Command described Routh&#8217;s proposals as &#8220;delusional,&#8221; stating that his offers of recruits were unrealistic and went unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Washington Post, Routh authored a book about Ukraine where he admitted feeling partially responsible for electing what he termed a &#8220;brainless&#8221; president\u2014likely referring to Trump\u2014and suggested that people were free to consider assassinating both him and Trump due to this misjudgment.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, The Post reported that there was once an inactive GoFundMe campaign organized by Kathleen Shaffer aimed at raising funds for &#8220;Ryan,&#8221; featuring images resembling Routh; it claimed donations helped send 120 drones to combat zones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2341931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ryan-Routh.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8016,34943,4402,3634],"class_list":["post-2341930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-8016","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-congress","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ryan-Routh.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}