FBI investigating apparent assassination attempt on Trump at golf course

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday survived what "appears to be an attempted assassination" outside his golf course in Palm Beach, Florida, the FBI said, just nine weeks after a previous attempt on his life. In an email to supporters, Trump said he was safe and well following gunshots in his vicinity but gave no further details.

Donald Trump was the target of what the FBI said “appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former president said he was safe and well, and authorities held a man in custody.

US Secret Service agents stationed a few holes up from where Trump was playing noticed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle sticking through the shrubbery that lines the course, roughly 400 yards away.

An agent fired and the gunman dropped the rifle and fled in an SUV, leaving the firearm behind along with two backpacks, a scope used for aiming and a GoPro camera, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said. The man was later stopped by law enforcement in a neighboring county.

And it spawned new questions about Secret Service protective operations after the agency's admitted failures in preventing the assassination attempt this summer.

Fox News host Sean Hannity recounted on air his conversation with the former president's golf partner, Steve Witkoff.

(AP)


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