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Second Trump Assassin Left a Note Confirming Attempt, Evidence Released in Court
AmmoLand ^ | September 24, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 10/01/2024 6:13:27 AM PDT by marktwain

In a document offered to the court in the case of US v. Routh, the prosecution put forward facts that detail evidence of a near-successful assassination attempt against former President and leading presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Speculation by this correspondent appears to have been close to the truth.

Routh traveled to North Carolina before stalking former President Trump. The would-be assassin monitored Trump’s movements on social media. He traveled to Florida, then stalked the former president for nearly a month before the assassination attempt. The rifle left at the scene was an SKS with an aftermarket stock and an aftermarket extended magazine. Only 11 rounds of 7.62×39 ammunition, with brown lacquered steel cases, were found in the rifle at the scene. The mounting of the scope on the rifle was unusual for the United States. It was clamped onto the dust cover with clamps that extended completely around the rifle. This is said to be a common method of attaching a telescopic sight to an SKS in the Middle East.

When Routh was taken into custody a few minutes after he fled from the fence line by the golf course, he had two extra license plates and six cell phones. From the court document:

14. Law enforcement discovered that the license plate on the Nissan Xterra was not registered to the Nissan Xterra. During a search of the Nissan Xterra, FBI agents found two additional license plates. The agents also found six cellphones. One of the cell phones contained a Google search of how to travel from Palm Beach County to Mexico. The agents also found 12 pairs of gloves; a Hawaii Driver’s License in the Defendant’s name; a passport in the Defendant’s name; and documents, including the following:

a. A handwritten list of


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A very unusual method of attaching a telescopic sight to a rifle.

Routh was in North Carolina months before the attempted assassination. He was stalking Trump for nearly a month.

1 posted on 10/01/2024 6:13:27 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

FBI image of rifle recovered at the scene.

2 posted on 10/01/2024 6:15:49 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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Oh the convenience of plausible deniability…


3 posted on 10/01/2024 6:23:18 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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He was in the sniper den for about 12 hours, how did he know to be there?


4 posted on 10/01/2024 6:23:38 AM PDT by JstABrdPstr
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To: marktwain

Wow!
Budget Assassin, for sure.
But, assassin nonetheless.


5 posted on 10/01/2024 6:25:33 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: JstABrdPstr

Mesia maggots leaked Trumps schedule


6 posted on 10/01/2024 6:30:07 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: PubliusMM

Lovely, everything Rough did wrong clearly defined in article.


7 posted on 10/01/2024 6:35:06 AM PDT by Ronald77
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If the claims that Trump’s golf outing was determined “only 15 minutes ahead” are true, then he was steered to the sniper.
Who decided to go golfing at that location and time?


8 posted on 10/01/2024 6:38:11 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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Im glad this idiot’s dad didnt teach him any too good gun skilz.

Whats the “COMBAT EXCHANGE’ on the stock? Great deal on weapons! Brand new Bolshevik SKS. New muffler clamp scope mounts very good to see the enemy. Used in battle very little. Only dropped once!


9 posted on 10/01/2024 6:38:32 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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The SKS is a very reliable, robust combat weapon but anything but a precision shooting instrument. Horrible trigger pull, piss-poor groups (even with a properly mounted, quality scope) and indifferent eastern European ammo (brown lacquered steel case is the giveaway).

So far, we've had two inexperienced and unskilled nutcases try to kill Mr. Trump, who was only slightly protected against these kinds of folks. I lose sleep worrying about the well-trained and experienced killer with a decent rifle getting a shot while the USSS is busy filling its ranks with trannies and other assorted oddballs.

10 posted on 10/01/2024 6:42:06 AM PDT by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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YouTuber,and former congressional candidate Brandon Herrera did a video on the shooter’s rifle, even going so far as to mount the scope in rings, and tape the whole thing to the receiver with electrical tape; damned if he wasn’t scoring hits at 100 yards once he figured out his holdover. Consistent hits even after making adjustments to the taped up scope. Not accurate, but accurate enough to score a hit on a steel plate.

As for irons, Henry Chan over at 9 Hole Reviews did a practical accuracy video on the SKS with iron sights, scoring hits out to 500 yards, with irons only calibrated out to 400 meters.

It ain’t the arrow, it the injun, well the injun makes a difference.


11 posted on 10/01/2024 6:55:40 AM PDT by Antihero101607
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He was in the sniper den for about 12 hours, how did he know to be there?

12 hours exposure is 10 hours more than necessary, with more exposure to be found out by some passerby or checked out by a local police officer.

It is unlikely he would have been there so long if he had known when and where Trump would be.

If he had done his homework from open sources, which it appears he had, there was a pretty good reason to guess he would have an opportunity at that location.

He was stalking Trump for nearly a month.

With the vulnerabilities the administration made possible, it is not surprising he found one vulnerability in a month.

It may be there were other close calls. We may never know.

12 posted on 10/01/2024 7:25:11 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: Ronald77

His failings buffered by his ‘support network’?
Inquiring minds want to know...


13 posted on 10/01/2024 7:26:33 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: marktwain

I am not so sure the note is real.


14 posted on 10/01/2024 7:52:02 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Chainmail

I have a Russian SKS with iron sights. Accurate enough for an assassination.

The difference between a Chinese SKS and a Russian SKS is like the difference between A real AR15 and a Daisey BB rifle.

They couldn’t tell the difference between an AK47 and an SKS, so don’t be surprised that they can’t tell the difference between a Russian SKS and a Chinese SKS.

The “media” is SOOOOOO ignorant.


15 posted on 10/01/2024 8:01:21 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Revel
It is a peculiar document.

If we trusted the FBI, they could check for fingerprints.

Fingerprints last a long time on paper.

But who trusts the FBI?

16 posted on 10/01/2024 8:01:39 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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I have had both Russian and Chinese SKS rifles.

The Russian rifles have a much nicer finish, and better wood.

Both rifles function well.

There is probably more difference in accuracy between individual rifles than between Russian and Chinese SKS rifles.

I tend to think of the SKS as the communist version of the Garand. Neither was designed with optics in mind.

The Garand has better sights. The SKS does not have the annoying ejection of a clip. Ballistically, the Garand is superior, but the SKS has much less recoil.

17 posted on 10/01/2024 8:09:14 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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He never intended to kill, but start something. Too mentally ill to do more. It is all show.


18 posted on 10/01/2024 8:18:01 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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He never intended to kill, but start something. Too mentally ill to do more. It is all show.

I have wondered about that. Rouse seems to crave attention.

19 posted on 10/01/2024 8:34:34 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: faucetman
A number of years ago, I had a captured Chinese-made SKS in our artillery position and getting ammo for it wasn't the easiest thing - but a grunt platoon stayed with us for a couple days and one of them had a filled AK magazine with green tracers. He gave me those tracers and I had enough now to fill the magazine.

In the early afternoon, a sniper fired an SKS at us from about 300m, and as luck would have it, he fired a green tracer at us - missing us widely.

I chambered a round and fired a green tracer back at him.

There was a pause, then he fired another round and I fired back at him.

After about four shots each, the guy quit because he probably thought his rounds were bouncing right back to him...

20 posted on 10/01/2024 8:37:44 AM PDT by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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