Trump would-be assassin was subject of FBI tip in 2019

Published September 16, 2024 6:29pm ET



The FBI revealed Monday that it received a tip five years ago about Ryan Routh, the suspect who is now at the center of an apparent second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Veltri said during a press conference that a tipster alleged to the FBI in 2019 that Routh was a felon who was in unlawful possession of a firearm. The FBI closed the matter after transferring it to local law enforcement in Hawaii, Veltri said.

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