The Epoch Times

During a press conference on Monday, law enforcement officials said that they’re looking into the details of social media posts by Ryan Routh, the suspect in an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “The subject had an active online presence, and we are going through what he posted and any searches he conducted online,” said FBI Miami Field Office special agent in charge Jeffrey Veltri. Veltri also referenced a New York Times article that mentions Routh, who at the time was attempting to recruit and transport NATO-trained Afghanis in Pakistan and Iran into Ukraine. “The FBI has sent multiple requests to companies for returns on the subject's phone and social media accounts. We received several returns and are waiting on additional responses from other companies as well,” Veltri said. “Our investigative team is completing analysis of the returns and action leads as needed, and we anticipate continuing until the FBI knows the full totality of the subject’s social media presence.”

The FBI said the second apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump is “extremely serious,” said special agent Jeffrey Veltri, who leads the bureau’s office in Miami. “We view this as extremely serious, and are determined to provide answers as to what went up to the events which took place,” Veltri said at a press conference. The FBI is “determined to provide answers as to what led up to the events which took place,” he said.

​​Reporters questioned President Joe Biden upon his return to the White House from Delaware on Monday afternoon, asking if he had contacted former President Donald Trump following an apparent second assassination attempt against him in Florida. Biden appeared to respond: “I called him, but he wasn’t available. I’m going to try again later.” The White House later clarified the president’s response to reporters, stating, "Yes. They did not connect, but he called." On his way to Delaware earlier in the day, the president told reporters that the Secret Service needs more personnel. “Congress should respond to their needs,” he said. Addressing the 2024 National HBCU Week Conference in Delaware, Biden noted that the Secret Service is conducting an evaluation to determine whether any adjustments are necessary to better protect the former president. “In America, we resolve our differences peacefully at the ballot box and not at the end of a gun,” he told the crowd at the conference. “America has suffered too many times the tragedy of an assassin’s bullet. It solves nothing and just tears the country apart. We must do everything we can to prevent it and never give it any oxygen.”