Donald Trump is safe following what law enforcement is describing as another assassination attempt on the former president.
“The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump,” the FBI said in a statement to Scripps News.
A source familiar with the matter told Scripps News that Secret Service agents engaged with a suspect armed with a “long gun” outside the grounds of Trump International Golf Club.
According to the Associated Press, authorities have identified the person taken into custody as Ryan Wesley Routh.
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