Prosecutors are now explicitly alleging that Ruth was in West Palm Beach last weekend. Eight days ago, with the intention of assassinating former President Donald Trump. Trump was playing golf last week when investigators say the suspect pointed a rifle through a fence bordering the West Palm Beach Golf Club. [00:00:17] Now, prosecutors say the suspect had a list of places Trump could be and visited that golf club several times in the month before his arrest. All evidence that prosecutors will be sure to use against Trump's second would be [00:00:33] assassin, as he's being prosecuted both by state prosecutors and federal prosecutors. Hey, don't scroll away. Come back, come back. Because before the video continues, we just want to urge you to lend your support to TYT. You power our honest reporting. [00:00:48] You do it at Titcomb Slash team and we love you for it. Now. New court filings by Florida prosecutors provide additional details about Ryan, Ruth and what was found on the scene and in his car. So let's start with the letters or the notes that investigators have found. [00:01:07] So they have found that Ruth sent a letter to a witness months prior to the attempted assassination, in which he predicted his attempt on Trump's life would fail. But he also encourages violence, which I do not want to detail. [00:01:24] I don't want to repeat this man's lunacy because I don't want to accidentally, you know, by definition, like encourage someone by reading his words. So I just want to be clear about that. But we don't know exactly when he wrote the letter and which date exactly. [00:01:41] He sent that letter to a friend in a box or to the witness in a box. Now, there was also a letter found that was addressed to the New York Times, but Ruth's fingerprints were not found on it. Apparently, someone else's fingerprints were found on it. And we have no other details about that letter to the New York Times. [00:01:59] Now, his defense attorney argued that all Ruth was trying to do was a publicity stunt, but. And that he never intended on assassinating Donald Trump. But the judge is not buying that argument at all. And so the court proceedings will, in fact, move forward. [00:02:16] And you should also keep in mind that he had been scouting Mar-A-Lago several times before he eventually got caught. He had arrived to Florida from Hawaii about a month prior to the, you know, attempt on Trump's life. [00:02:32] Now I'm going to go to what was found in his car in just a moment, because I think the details there are even more interesting. But before we do, Jake, any thoughts so far? Yeah. So all these guys are looking for attention. That's why I don't think anybody should read the letter. [00:02:47] And I hate that they got out there. I don't think it should have gotten out there. They could say that he has a letter or not publish it. I don't think like I don't think I don't think there's a lot of value in what a lunatic who was trying to assassinate a political figure has to say about it. I agree, especially considering its promotion of violence, you know? [00:03:06] Yeah. And guys, don't get it twisted. We're not covering for him. No, he was encouraging more violence. That's why we're not doing it. Because he's a he. I don't want his poison to get spread into the country. Agreed. 100%. Okay, so let's talk about what was found in his vehicle. So authorities recovered six cell phones from his car, and they found that he had [00:03:26] used one of those cell phones to search how to get from Palm Beach County, where Mar-A-Lago, of course, is, you know, located to Mexico, probably to try to escape any consequences for the crime that he was intending to commit. Now, there was also a handwritten list of venues that Trump has held or is holding [00:03:47] events from August through October. So again, more evidence that could show intent as prosecutions move forward. But the most troubling new detail contained in the court filings allege that Ruth had a clear line of sight [00:04:04] to the sixth hole on the golf course, something that we didn't know previously. Trump, by the way, was playing on the fifth hole when the Secret Service detected the would be assassin and luckily prevented him from carrying out what he [00:04:19] intended, allegedly intended to carry out. Now, here's former Secret Service agent Jason Russell discussing the possible flaws in how the Secret Service secured the area prior to Donald Trump arriving to play golf. Let's watch. [00:04:35] Prosecutors revealed that Ruth had a direct line on the sixth green, which was the next hole that Trump would have played. This man was able to get a direct line with his rifle pointed onto the course. How much does that signal to you that this was a clear failure on the part of the US Secret Service? [00:04:51] Yeah, I think they weren't treating it as they obviously should have treated it right. The perimeter wasn't big enough. This is the second time we've seen this. So obviously some concerns there. His ability to stay there for 12 hours ahead of time and not be picked up by anybody because that area wasn't swept, I think is a significant concern [00:05:08] for the Secret Service. How surprising is it to you that there were these security vulnerabilities, given the fact that the first assassination attempt was just just a few months ago? Extremely surprising. I think the Secret Service was treating this more like they would treat an off the record movement. [00:05:24] So maybe there wasn't a lot of heads up given that he was going to play golf, even though there was some indication that he had said the night before that he was going to. So sweeping this area probably should have been done well ahead, well in advance of him actually even getting to the course. So the fact that this guy was able to get so close and have the rifle there, [00:05:42] you know, within several hundred yards, had he not been observed, he obviously would have been able to get a shot off. So that's true. Had he not been observed by the Secret Service and they were able to stop him from causing real harm, he could have caused real harm. [00:05:58] Considering the clear line of sight to Donald Trump if he made it to the sixth hole. But I do want to reiterate that the Secret Service ultimately did what they were supposed to do in protecting Donald Trump's life. Look, I get concerns about, hey, that's next to a road. [00:06:14] He's playing golf there. He's been there for 12 hours. It's amazing. No one saw him, let alone the Secret Service. I get that. Having said that, you don't get to say that the Secret Service had trouble protecting him. When they protected him, they went. They do a sweep of the whole behind him and the whole in front of him. [00:06:31] When they did the sweep of the whole in front of him, they found the guy, and they fired at him and and they protected Donald Trump. I'm okay if people say, hey, listen. Nevertheless, we should beef up the Secret Service even a little bit more, maybe get them more staffing, etc. That seems like a constructive solution to the problems that we've had, but you [00:06:49] know that people aren't leaving it there. That's why that segment, I don't know, I get it, I get it, I understand it, but it's also a little dangerous because it seems to leave a question lingering in the air, like, are they doing it on purpose? But brother, in this case, they got the guy. They didn't get a shot off. [00:07:05] I listen exactly, they got the guy and he was unable to cause any harm to Donald Trump, which, if anyone believes that the Secret Service is secretly trying to help bad actors harm Donald Trump. [00:07:20] Like, how do you explain the fact that they stopped a bad actor from harming Donald Trump? So I'm not buying into those conspiracy theories at all. But I do think that this could be a teachable moment in which the Secret Service could maybe, yes, beef up its security, maybe have a wider perimeter around, you know, the former president in order. [00:07:39] Just a teachable moment. That's it. Now, finally, I just want to note that the state, of course, has already filed charges against him. And the charges include possession of a firearm as a convicted convicted felon. Also, he was in possession of a gun that had an obliterated serial number. [00:07:59] So those are the state charges. But now we're hearing that the federal government is filing charges as well. And the charge that we're hearing that they're filing is attempted assassination. And so he will be facing both state and federal prosecution over what he attempted to do last week. [00:08:16] Good. He should spend the rest of his life in prison, in my opinion. And look, we've got to send a very strong message that this is not anywhere near acceptable. He had a rifle. He had all these things. He was going to try to kill the president. And, I mean, look, the rest is obvious. [00:08:35] And the Secret Service protection for both candidates should be increased. The staffing should be increased so they could do better sweeps. So this kind of nonsense doesn't happen. But at the same time, we should thank the Secret Service members who caught the guy who spotted him, caught him and prevented the shooting. [00:08:53] So. But that never gets said. So thank you guys for at least preventing it. 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