On Tuesday, following a second assassination attempt on President Trump, America First Legal (AFL) launched investigations into the Biden-Harris Administration’s records regarding Ryan Wesley Routh.
Yesterday, Routh, a convicted felon, was charged in U.S. District Court with two gun crimes. Routh is a political partisan who reportedly “hates Trump” — he has reportedly called on Iran to assassinate the former President and has claimed that the former President is a threat to “democracy.” Notably, Routh repeatedly traveled to Ukraine and very publicly recruited Afghan and other volunteers for the Ukraine Foreign Legion, a ground unit of the Ukrainian Army.
Given Routh’s criminal history and Ukrainian activities, there is reason to believe that he has been an individual of concern to the U.S. government. To determine whether the Biden-Harris Administration was tracking Routh and knew or should have known that he could pose a risk to President Trump, AFL has filed urgent requests for information from the following departments and agencies:
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A)
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Department of Defense (DOD)
- Department of State (DOS)
- Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
This new investigation follows AFL’s similar July 16, 2024, multi-front investigation of the first assassination attempt against President Trump in Pennsylvania.
An informed citizenry is vital to the functioning of a democratic society. It is needed to check corruption and hold the government accountable to the governed. America First Legal will keep fighting to uncover the truth behind the attacks against former President Donald J. Trump.
Statement from Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Executive Director:
“In just a few months, the American people witnessed two assassination attempts of former President Donald Trump. Undoubtedly, based on public reporting about the attempted assassin in Florida, the Biden-Harris government has records that the American public is entitled to see. It is highly abnormal for an individual to travel to an active war zone–in this case, Ukraine–and then try to recruit other citizens to fight on behalf of a foreign nation without someone knowing something. We are committed to quickly exposing what the U.S. government knew about this individual,” said Gene Hamilton.
Read the FOIAs here.
