US congressman warns of risk of Trump's safety not being guaranteed

(Dan Tri) - Congressman Matt Gaetz warned about ensuring the safety of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after recent attacks.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had one ear bandaged after a failed assassination attempt in July (Photo: Reuters).

In an interview with Breitbart News on September 19, Florida congressman Matt Gaetz condemned the attempt to assassinate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump last weekend as a "tragedy" and "avoidable." He said that the security around the former president was not guaranteed to protect him from harm. Congressman Gaetz went on to claim that he recently met with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official who told him that there were "at least five domestic groups that are targeting Trump." "Three of the groups we know are foreign. Two of them we know are domestic groups and that requires protection, which is not being placed around the former president right now," Gaetz continued, noting that the foreign groups have ties to Ukraine, Iran, and Pakistan. Congressman Gaetz claimed that these groups can freely move around the US because "there is not enough surveillance to prevent them from doing so." In the past two months, Mr. Trump has faced two assassination attempts. The former president narrowly escaped death at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July, when a bullet fired from 150 meters (500 feet) grazed his ear. The gunman opened fire from a rooftop unprotected by the Secret Service. The attack killed one Trump rallygoer and wounded two others before being shot dead by a sniper. The second assassination attempt took place at Mr. Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, last weekend. A gunman who aimed at Mr. Trump from behind bushes was found and arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents after fleeing the scene. The suspect, identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, had unsuccessfully tried to join the Ukrainian army in 2022, then began a plan to recruit Afghan commandos to fight for Kiev. Routh was questioned by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents when he returned to the US later that year. According to Gaetz, agents found Routh's story suspicious as he was recruiting freedom fighters from around the world to fight in Ukraine. CBP referred Routh to the DHS investigative unit, which "refused to even conduct an investigation," Gaetz said. "They stopped him and let him into the country. And we have a lot of questions about that," the congressman asked. Given that two assassins could approach Mr. Trump and put him in range, Gaetz said some of his Republican colleagues "do not rule out the possibility that there is a spy within the Secret Service who is providing information about high-risk, vulnerable points of attack."

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