Posted on 10/21/2025 8:34:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The FBI’s deputy director provided more details about a hunting stand that was found overlooking President Donald Trump’s Air Force One in Florida, saying the agency is now using its forensic tools in an investigation. On Oct. 19, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the existence of the stand in a statement to multiple news outlets, including The Epoch Times. Hunting stands, also known as tree or deer stands, are platforms that give hunters a better vantage point when hunting game such as deer.
“I believe we had our plane flown down there,” he said. “This hunting stand was appropriately dismantled. It’s being flown to our lab. I believe it’s there right now, and all the forensic tools we have, from digital tools to biometric tools, are all going to be applied to try to find out who put this up there and why.”
The Secret Service has since made changes to the security around the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the stand was found, Bongino said.
“The FBI has since taken the investigatory lead—flying in resources to collect all evidence from the scene, and deploying our cell phone analytics capabilities,” Patel said in his Oct. 19 statement. “We are working with our [Justice Department] partners on service of any legal process required and will provide updates when able.”
Officials said the stand was found on Oct. 17, just before Trump spent the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
“There was no impact to any movements, and no individuals were present or involved at the location,” Guglielmi told outlets.
“While we are not able to provide details about the specific items or their intent, this incident underscores the importance of our layered security measures.”
A jury found that Ryan Routh, 59, sought to kill Trump as he pointed a rifle through a fence while the then-Republican candidate for president was playing golf. A Secret Service agent discovered Routh and the rifle and opened fire at him, prompting him to flee the scene before he was arrested hours later, officials said.
Routh lay in wait for nearly 10 hours on Sept. 15, 2024, the day of the incident, concealing himself in thick bushes overlooking the sixth hole green, prosecutors said. Investigators at the scene found an SKS-style rifle, two bags containing metal plates like those used in body armor, and a small video camera pointed toward the course.
About two months before the incident, Trump had been shot in the right ear on July 13, 2024, while speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The man accused of opening fire was quickly killed by a Secret Service sniper team.
Authorities with the Department of Homeland Security have also frequently warned of more attacks being carried out against agents this year amid increasing enforcement activity against illegal immigration. On Sept. 24, a man opened fire from a rooftop at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Dallas, killing two detainees. He had written anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement messages on bullets, officials said.
After Kirk’s assassination, a poll by Reuters/Ipsos between Sept. 12 and Sept. 14 found that Americans are increasingly concerned about a rise in politically motivated violence.
Some 63 percent of poll respondents said the way Americans talk about political issues did “a lot” to encourage violence. Some 31 percent said the current political discourse was giving “a little” boost to violence, and the rest saw no impact or did not answer the question.
A spokesperson for the Secret Service did not immediately respond to an Epoch Times request for comment.
Read yesterday that it had been there for some time...
Why does it have to be a “hunting” stand, and why isn’t there a good photo of it instead of that low grade photo?
This shouldn’t be some great mystery. Someone owns the property that it was on. It’s hard to imagine (but I suppose possible) that the property owner was unaware of the tower.
A small but statistically significant portion of the left wants us dead. Prepare accordingly.
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I also noticed the low grade photo. Maybe authorities don’t want it so easy for the public to figure out exactly where this Hunting Stand is/was located.
Most conservatives and independents are prepared ... to turtle up if they take out Trump. It's the sad reality.
I believe the Left aka Democrats aka Satan’s Army will not be happy until one of his soldiers assassinates Pres. Trump. I wonder then if they will call on the public the Democrats consider to be behind all the violence aka Republicans aka MAGA folks to stop the violence.
I’m gonna LMAO if they find out it was some neighborhood kids’ ‘treehouse’..........
So many questions. What does the owner say? Are there deer, etc. in the area to hunt? Is the owner the user or does the owner allow others to hunt there?
How about, Where was the airport security?
That photo is just of the stand and the upper part of a tree, it could be crystal clear and not reveal anything about anything, except let us see how the stand is built.
Kids, homeless guy?
I was 19...pretty little thing...every damn MALE hunter stopped to say hello. On the way back to the cabin....deer prints all the way. Damn deer must have followed me into the woods. lol
If no one has come forward to own it and plead mea culpa then it was placed there for nefarious reasons.
“Are there deer, etc. in the area to hunt?”
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Nobody I know hunts deer in Florida my friend......they’re the size of large dogs.
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Everybody I know goes to AT LEAST Georgia or even further north if possible.
This looks like another Secret Service screw up. They are running around after the fact talking about how concerned they are. Their job is not to be concerned after the fact. Their job is to identify and neutralize these threats ahead of time.
Should have put an experienced game warden on the surveillance. He would have monitored the stand using various techniques. They can bust a poacher found with one kernel of corn stuck in his boot tread.
Or it was just what it appears to be and the person who put it there wants to stay out of trouble.
I think they will continue to try to kill President Trump. He has three more years to go. The more and more insane these people get, the loons on the left, the more dangerous it is for him. They will continue to try to kill any leadership in his administration. Hegseth is a prime target. They hate him as much as Trump. These people are LOONS! You can add “ly bins” on that.
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