The more facts we learn, the more questions we have about the so-called attempt on Trump

Was this a criminal conspiracy?

I wanted to follow up to my article yesterday about the reason so many have questions about the veracity of the claim that what happened Sunday was an actual attempt on Donald Trump’s life. The more facts we learn, the more questions are raised that demand answers.

The most striking new developments came Monday. First were the words of Acting Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe on Monday afternoon at press conference about the incident. Rowe stated that Trump’s trip to golf course on Sunday was not on his schedule and bluntly that Trump "wasn't supposed to have gone there in the first place." In fact, Rowe repeated that four times in a short press conference including with the comment, “The president wasn’t even really supposed to go there.”

That raises the question of how the gunman knew Trump would be there? Reporters asked Rowe this twice yet he had no definitive answer. Did someone tip the gunman off making this a criminal conspiracy? Did he just luckily pick the day, time and course Trump would play at?

The sheep of corporate media dismiss the significance of this question because that would make them appear anti-Trump or conspiratorial. For example, the NY Times wrote on this key issue: “Yet it is public knowledge that Mr. Trump frequently plays golf at one of his Florida courses on Sundays, raising the risk level for the former president.”

Well since Trump “frequently plays golf" on Sunday that’s it for the NY Times research!

But even in dismissing the issue, the Times admits Trump has more courses in the area with the line he “frequently plays golf at one of his Florida.” That is correct. There are two well-known Trump golf courses within twenty minutes of Mar-A-Lago, the course where the incident took place and the Trump National Jupiter. In addition, the Trump National Doral course is twenty minutes by helicopter.

The criminal complaint filed Monday against the gunman also raises questions. He is charged with two counts of gun possession charges—not attempted murder. That could change with time.

But what caught everyone’s attention is that authorities note the gunman appears to have waited 12 hours in the tree line of Trump’s exclusive club. That means he went unnoticed from 1:59 a.m. to when he was seen by Secret Service at 1:30PMET. And his detection came after this 12 hour wait when for some reason he pointed the muzzle of his AR-type gun through the trees for all to see despite Trump not being in sight at the time.

The biggest question though is how did the gunman know Trump would be there if it was an unplanned trip? Trump—like most presidential candidates in the closing 50 days of the campaign—would be expected to be on campaign trail on a Sunday in September, not taking the day off to play golf. Why would the gunman pick this course on this day? Again could be a lucky guess, but could also be a criminal conspiracy.

All of this is why Monday night on my radio show the phone lines were jammed for hours about the so called attempt on Trump's life. ZERO callers believed it was a real assassination attempt. It was about 70/30 that Trump or an ally orchestrated the "incident" to help Trump given his horrific debate performance and slide in the polls. Some cited Trump’s ally Roger Stone as the type who could’ve orchestrated this. But all want more of an investigation

As a former trial lawyer who also did work as a municipal prosecutor in New Jersey, I will always remain focused on the facts known. So to be clear, there is NO evidence to support that Trump or an ally was in anyway involved—and there many never be.

At this point we need to learn MUCH more about the gunman such as: How he got to the area from Hawaii? How did he acquire the gun despite being a convicted felon? Was he in the area for a period of time before investigating Trump’s movements?

Adding to the questions are that CNN reported the gunman told the judge at his arraignment that he had “zero funds” in his own savings. If he had no funds, how did he afford the truck he was driving, the weapon, the camera? Where was he staying?

We have not had an assassination attempt on a former president running to return to the White House since 1912 when a gunman shot Theodore Roosevelt who at the time was trying to regain the White House after leaving (voluntarily) in 1908. That happened on Oct. 14, 1912, when a man named John Schrank approached and fired one shot from about five feet with a Colt revolver striking Roosevelt in the chest. But luckily for Roosevelt, he was saved by a metal eyeglasses case and the fat text of his 50 page speech. The rugged Roosevelt—despite bleeding— first insisted on delivered his speech before going to the hospital, telling the crowd, “I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot. But it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose!”

However, we have now seen potentially two attempts on a former president in two months. This is unprecedented in American history—like so much of what we lived through with Trump. At this point with the incident on Sunday, the more we learn, the less we know.

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