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Trump assassination attempt: Suspect Ryan Routh played 'cat and mouse' with police, expert says
https://www.foxnews.com ^ | 9/20/2024 | Christina Coulter

Posted on 09/20/2024 7:21:51 AM PDT by bitt

Routh seems like 'someone who is constantly trying to poke somebody and see what their response is going to be,' says former FBI agent Scott Duffey

A former FBI agent told Fox News Digital that there was "a clear mental illness component" that motivated would-be assassin Ryan Routh to take aim at former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15.

Before he was charged with two gun-related crimes in a Florida court on Monday, Routh, 58, had more than a hundred interactions with police between the 1980s and 2010.

His prior charges range from writing bad checks to felony firearms possession, possession of a stolen vehicle and multiple counts of possession of a weapon of mass destruction in 2002 — specifically, a "binary explosive with a 10-in[ch] detonation cord and a blasting cap."

Retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Scott Duffey told Fox News Digital that Routh's frequent run-ins with police, combined with his social media persona, were indicative of "someone who is constantly trying to poke somebody and see what their response is going to be."

"It's not only a lengthy criminal arrest record, but for several decades," Duffey said. "You have this escalation of violent acts, and then, of course, other contacts with police like driving without a license. Those are not violent acts, but they are constant contacts with police. That tells me that over the past few decades, whatever was going through his head, he wanted to be in contact with law enforcement."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2002; 2010; arrests; assassinationattempt; binaryexplosives; blastingcap; blastingcaps; bomb; bomber; bombplot; catchandrelease; detonationcord; ryanrouth; scottduffey; trump; tulsigabbard
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1 posted on 09/20/2024 7:21:51 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 09/20/2024 7:22:20 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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And yet...he was allowed to fly in from Hawaii, an 11 hour flight (or more with layovers). Nobody noticed this felon?


3 posted on 09/20/2024 7:23:32 AM PDT by left that other site ("Providence" ain't just a city in Rhode Island.)
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To: bitt

https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-more-we-look-ryan-rouths-history-stranger-gets

JESSE WATTERS: The more we look into Ryan Routh’s history, the stranger it gets 3 MIN VIDEO


4 posted on 09/20/2024 7:24:49 AM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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...and he never served a day in jail. Hmm...makes one wonder what 3-letter agency was springing him from his “escapades”?


5 posted on 09/20/2024 7:25:00 AM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: bitt

How many more of these types are out there? On the radar but freely moving until something truly heinous happens.


6 posted on 09/20/2024 7:25:09 AM PDT by LibertyOh
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To: bitt

MKULtra?


7 posted on 09/20/2024 7:26:13 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: XEHRpa

Who gets to serve no jail for possession of a bomb with fuse and blasting cap and an unregistered machine gun? Ans with a previous record of stuff as well? Probation only? WTF?


8 posted on 09/20/2024 7:26:46 AM PDT by desertsolitaire ( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
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To: left that other site

Funny how a POS like this isn’t on a “no fly” list and Tulsi Gabbard is.


9 posted on 09/20/2024 7:27:39 AM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest

Yes. EXACTLY what I was thinking.


10 posted on 09/20/2024 7:29:28 AM PDT by left that other site ("Providence" ain't just a city in Rhode Island.)
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To: bitt

Cat and mouse??

More like Dumb & Dumber...


11 posted on 09/20/2024 7:30:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: bitt

BTTT


12 posted on 09/20/2024 7:30:18 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: left that other site; All
And yet...he was allowed to fly in from Hawaii, an 11 hour flight (or more with layovers). Nobody noticed this felon?

Do you know any particulars about his movements?

I have not seen any specific flights reported.

He was in North Carolina in May of 2024. I do not know if he was in Hawaii since May of this year.

13 posted on 09/20/2024 7:30:49 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: bitt
Routh, 58, had more than a hundred interactions with police between the 1980s and 2010. His prior charges range from writing bad checks to felony firearms possession, possession of a stolen vehicle and multiple counts of possession of a weapon of mass destruction in 2002 — specifically, a "binary explosive with a 10-in[ch] detonation cord and a blasting cap."

Was he ever incarcerated????

14 posted on 09/20/2024 7:31:30 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: bitt

Sounds like borderline personality disorder.


15 posted on 09/20/2024 7:33:33 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: bitt

” a clear mental illness component”? That can be said about most Democrats.


16 posted on 09/20/2024 7:43:39 AM PDT by allendale
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To: bitt

And yet the lengthy criminal record never got him one day in prison. Can you say CIA asset?


17 posted on 09/20/2024 7:44:43 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: z3n

Sounds like a Ukrainian assassin to me.


18 posted on 09/20/2024 7:45:08 AM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: desertsolitaire

“no jail”

Routh must have something serious on a three-letter agency.

The three-letter agencies want dedicated leftists, not total nutcases.


19 posted on 09/20/2024 7:47:40 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Kamala: "some people need more, so we all end up in the same place, right?”)
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To: bitt

not to worry

tds veltri is in charge of the investigation

stay tuned for

routh did not kill himself


20 posted on 09/20/2024 7:47:55 AM PDT by joshua c
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