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Bill Barr blasts DOJ for releasing letter of would-be Trump assassin
[NYPOST] Former US Attorney General William Barr panned the Justice Department he once ran for publicly disclosing a chilling letter from the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...earlier this month. In a court filing Monday, prosecutors released the disturbing note they claim was authored by suspect Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, as proof of his intention to kill the 45th president. ''I was dumbfounded that the DOJ made public this morning the contents of the letter that, Ryan Routh, left with an acquaintance prior to the attempted liquidation of former President Trump,'' Barr told Fox News. Prosecutors claimed to have acquired that note — addressed ''To the World'' — from an unnamed source who found it in a box they said was delivered to them by Routh prior to the shooting last week. Routh had further offered a bounty of ''$150,000 to whomever can complete the job.'' ''The letter calls on people to 'finish the job' of killing President Trump, attempts to rouse people in incendiary terms to do so, and offers $150,000 to anyone who succeeds. There was no apparent justification for releasing this information at this stage,'' Barr went on. Some critics have noted how authorities had declined to release the Nashville shooter's lengthy manifesto carried out by a suspect who allegedly identified as a transgender man that shot up Covenant School last year and killed six people, including three children. Law enforcement officials have previously indicated that evidence suggests Routh didn't actually fire off shots during the security scare at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach on Sept. 15. Prosecutors also released details in their proffer about evidence that suggests Routh traveled from Greensboro, NC, to West Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 14, just a month before the alleged attempt on Trump’s life. Related: Ryan Wesley Routh 09/19/2024 Man Who Tried to Assassinate Trump Was Flagged by a Second Federal Agency, Then Ignored Ryan Wesley Routh 09/19/2024 Trump assassination plots expose FBI, Secret Service vulnerabilities and failures Ryan Wesley Routh 09/17/2024 Ryan Wesley Routh was rejected as ''wack job'' in Ukraine: sources Posted by: Fred 2024-09-24 |
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