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The fifth day of trial is slated to kick off in Fort Pierce, Florida on Friday for the case of Ryan Routh, who faces charges for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club in September 2024.
On Thursday, then-Secret Service Special Agent Robert Fercano testified on behalf of the government that Routh pointed a rifle at his face while hiding out in shrubbery at the golf course.
Fercano, currently assigned to Homeland Security Investigations, said he was scanning the sixth hole while Trump was playing the fifth when he “noticed several abnormalities on the fence line.”
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Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
“There appeared to be a face, a barrel of a weapon and what I perceived to be plates, like Humvee plates like I saw in the Marine Corps,” Fercano told Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Medetis Long on Thursday.
Fercano said that he initially thought he may have spotted a homeless person, but then noticed the barrel followed him and that the weapon was “pointed directly at my face.”
“This appeared to be a textbook ambush scenario,” Fercano said.
Routh also questioned Fercano – and used his time to ask a series of questions regarding sniper tactics.
“As far as being a sniper, what would be the best stance to shoot people? Standing, crouching, laying down?” Routh asked.
“I wasn’t a sniper … it depends,” Fercano said.
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Trump assassination suspect Ryan Routh was arrested for alleged attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number in Palm Beach County, Florida on September 15, 2024. (Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office)
Others who testified Thursday included Tommy McGee, a government witness and a civilian who heard gunshots break out the day of the alleged assassination attempt and took a photo of Routh and his car.
“He looked frantic,” McGee said Thursday. “He ran right in front of me. We looked at each other… it looked like he was trying to get away.”
When Justice Department prosecutor John Shipley asked McGee if Routh was the same man he saw the day of…
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