Trump Takes His Time with Secret Service Director Choice

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It just might be the most personal hiring decision President-elect Trump will ever make, but if he’s already chosen, he’s keeping the contenders in suspense.

After surviving two assassination attempts in roughly two months, Donald Trump is in the awkward position of owing his life to the Secret Service agents and officers who intervened to protect him, even as he remains deeply critical of the failures that allowed the near-misses to occur.

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Trump Assassination Attempt Suspect Seeks Judge’s Recusal from Case

The man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course in September filed a motion Thursday requesting that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon recuse herself from the case.

Ryan Routh’s legal team raised concerns about Cannon’s impartiality due to her appointment by Trump and the former president’s public praise of her judicial decisions regarding his classified documents case, according to the motion. Routh’s attorneys argued that the unique nature of the case could lead the public to question the fairness of the proceedings.

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November 18 Trial Date Set for Suspect in Second Trump Assassination Attempt Ryan Routh

Ryan Routh, the man charged with attempting to assassinate GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course last month in Palm Beach, Florida will stand trial starting on November 18, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said on Tuesday.

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Trump Assassination Attempt Was ‘Preventable,’ Senate Committee Report Finds

The Senate Homeland Security Committee unveiled a report Wednesday detailing the “preventable” Secret Service security failures that resulted in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13.

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Son of Would-Be Trump Assassin Arrested for Child Pornography Possession

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The son of the man arrested in connection with the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has been charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.

Investigators said they discovered the pornography files on Samsung Galaxy Note devices when searching Oran Routh’s residence in Guilford County, North Carolina, as part their investigation into his father, Ryan Routh. 

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Trump Assassination Plots Expose FBI, Secret Service Vulnerabilities and Failures

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A Pakistani man trying to help Iran assassinate Donald Trump gets waived into the United States. An American who would later try to shoot Trump is flagged at the border but gets no follow-up. A young man acting suspiciously at a Trump rally isn’t confronted until he starts firing. And agents fail to confront a future would-be assassin after getting a tip about illegal weapons.

The back-to-back assassination attempts against the 45th president and current GOP nominee have exposed glaring failures and vulnerabilities inside several federal law enforcement agencies and prompted painful questions about whether the FBI and Secret Service are too lax when it comes to proactive security.

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Suspected Trump Assassin Flagged by U.S. During Return from Ukraine, but Homeland Refused Probe

Ryan Routh, the suspected Donald Trump assassin, was interviewed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials when he returned from Ukraine last year and flagged for further investigation based on spontaneous comments he made to agents, but the Homeland Security Department declined to act, Just the News has confirmed.

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