Secret Service did not sweep perimeter of golf course prior to Trump playing

The Secret Service admitted it did not sweep the perimeter of the Trump International Golf Club prior to former President Donald Trump‘s golf outing, which was targeted by a would-be assassin hiding in the bushes.

The suspect in the attempted assassination of Trump on Sunday, Ryan Wesley Routh, was spotted by a Secret Service agent after the agent noticed Routh’s “AK-47-style rifle with a scope” peeking out of the bushes along the golf course. Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe confirmed at a press conference on Monday that the agency did not sweep the perimeter of the golf course prior to Trump’s outing, noting that it was not on the former president’s schedule for the day.