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A "sniping platform" was found installed
at a site overlooking Trump's plane in Florida
The US Secret Service confirmed that it had discovered a suspicious sniper platform near Palm Beach International Airport with a direct line of sight to where President Donald Trump usually exits Air Force One.
The FBI is now leading an investigation following this discovery
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement.
The US Secret Service explained that "the structure of the sniper platform provides a clear view of Trump's departure point from Air Force One at Palm Beach Airport."
Officials said that "agents found the site last Thursday,"
explaining that "the FBI is currently leading the investigation team."
FBI Director Cash Patel noted that
"no one has yet been identified as being connected to the site," explaining that "before the president returned to West Palm Beach, Florida, the Secret Service discovered a hunting observation deck at an elevated location directly overlooking Air Force One's landing area."
He confirmed that
- no one was found at the site
- while the FBI is managing
- the investigation".
The city of
Palm Beach is located in the state of
- Florida in the southeastern United States
- and the investigation comes weeks after Ryan Roth
- was convicted of attempting to assassinate Trump on a golf
course in Palm Beach
- where he established
- a sniping site among the bushes
- near the fence surrounding the place.
President Trump traveled to Florida on Friday and is spending the weekend in West Palm Beach, where he usually stays at his Mar-a-Lago golf resort
American media:
The accused of attempting to assassinate
Trump tried to buy heavy weapons from Ukraine
Court documents revealed that Ryan Roth, accused of attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump in September 2024, sought to purchase Stinger missiles from a Ukrainian to target Air Force One.
According to
- a court document filed by the Federal Prosecutor's Office
- in August 2024, Roth attempted to purchase heavy weapons
- online from a Ukrainian with access to military weapons.
Send me an RPG
or a Stinger and I'll see what we can do*," he was quoted as saying to another person, adding, "I need equipment to prevent Trump from winning the election."
Roth also
tried to purchase a 50mm rifle
which was more powerful than the rifle he had previously obtained
but his contact was unable to provide it before the accident.
Failed assassination attempt
In September 2024
Roth hid in trees near the Trump International Club in West Palm Beach, carrying a rifle 300-500 yards from Trump, then a Republican presidential candidate.
A Secret Service agent noticed the gun and opened fire
and Roth fled in his car before being arrested 50 miles from the scene.
Roth's lawyers asked
the judge to exclude the testimony of the witness who helped identify him
alleging that police used "unacceptable" methods during interrogation
such as showing a single photo of Roth after his arrest, which could lead to a "misidentification." The trial, scheduled for September 2025, continues.