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The Epoch Times
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FBI Confirms Hunting Stand Near Trump’s Air Force 1: 4 Things to Know"
"The FBI’s deputy director provided more details about a hunting stand that was found overlooking President Donald Trump’s Air Force One in Florida, saying the agency is now using its forensic tools in an investigation.
On Oct. 19, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the existence of the stand in a statement to multiple news outlets, including The Epoch Times.
Hunting stands, also known as tree or deer stands, are platforms that give hunters a better vantage point when hunting game such as deer.
Stand Is Dismantled
Agents with the Secret Service discovered the stand and were “very concerned” about the finding, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told Fox News on the morning of Oct. 20.
“I believe we had our plane flown down there,” he said. “This hunting stand was appropriately dismantled. It’s being flown to our lab. I believe it’s there right now, and all the forensic tools we have, from digital tools to biometric tools, are all going to be applied to try to find out who put this up there and why.”
The Secret Service has since made changes to the security around the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the stand was found, Bongino said.
“The FBI has since taken the investigatory lead—flying in resources to collect all evidence from the scene, and deploying our cell phone analytics capabilities,” Patel said in his Oct. 19 statement. “We are working with our [Justice Department] partners on service of any legal process required and will provide updates when able.”
Officials said the stand was found on Oct. 17, just before Trump spent the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
No Individuals Found
Patel and Secret Service officials have said that no person was at the scene where the stand was located.
Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi told media outlets that agents conducted a sweep near the airport ahead of Trump’s arrival in Palm Beach County.
“There was no impact to any movements, and no individuals were present or involved at the location,” Guglielmi told outlets.
“While we are not able to provide details about the specific items or their intent, this incident underscores the importance of our layered security measures.”
Weeks After Assassination Conviction
The discovery comes about a month after a man was convicted by a jury of trying to assassinate Trump at his Palm Beach golf course last year.
A jury found that Ryan Routh, 59, sought to kill Trump as he pointed a rifle through a fence while the then-Republican candidate for president was playing golf. A Secret Service agent discovered Routh and the rifle and opened fire at him, prompting him to flee the scene before he was arrested hours later, officials said.
Routh lay in wait for nearly 10 hours on Sept. 15, 2024, the day of the incident, concealing himself in thick bushes overlooking the sixth hole green, prosecutors said. Investigators at the scene found an SKS-style rifle, two bags containing metal plates like those used in body armor, and a small video camera pointed toward the course.
About two months before the incident, Trump had been shot in the right ear on July 13, 2024, while speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The man accused of opening fire was quickly killed by a Secret Service sniper team.
Violence Concerns More Americans
The FBI’s statement on Oct. 19 comes more than a month after conservative commentator and prominent Trump ally Charlie Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at a Utah campus. Family members told local officials that the suspect in the case, Tyler Robinson, had increasingly expressed left-wing political views in recent years, prosecutors said after his arrest.
Authorities with the Department of Homeland Security have also frequently warned of more attacks being carried out against agents this year amid increasing enforcement activity against illegal immigration. On Sept. 24, a man opened fire from a rooftop at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Dallas, killing two detainees. He had written anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement messages on bullets, officials said.
After Kirk’s assassination, a poll by Reuters/Ipsos between Sept. 12 and Sept. 14 found that Americans are increasingly concerned about a rise in politically motivated violence.
Some 63 percent of poll respondents said the way Americans talk about political issues did “a lot” to encourage violence. Some 31 percent said the current political discourse was giving “a little” boost to violence, and the rest saw no impact or did not answer the question.
A spokesperson for the Secret Service did not immediately respond to an Epoch Times request for comment."
"Reuters contributed to this report."
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Lacombe city council got booted out completely. The only one still on the city council that was I those chambers before is the new mayor who was a councilor before. Wholesale change and not by their choice. Most of the incumbents ran but were not voted back it. I’m not sure it’s a good thing to have that little experience but it kinda feels like a fresh start. Now perhaps they can remove the rainbow heart sidewalks and the one way streets and be more inviting to local and new businesses.
