Secret Service admits golf course wasn't searched before Trump assassination attempt | 17 Sept 2024 | Secret Service agents didn’t sweep the outskirts of Donald Trump’s Florida golf course where his alleged would-be assassin was hiding because the former president’s visit was an "off-the-record" plan, the embattled agency's acting director admitted. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, allegedly set up a sniper's nest on the edge of Trump International West Palm Beach and hid there undetected for nearly 12 hours before Trump, 78, teed off on Sunday afternoon, federal prosecutors said. Acting Secret Service head Ronald Rowe Jr. said Monday that agents didn’t mount an intense search of the perimeter because the 45th president's round wasn't on his official calendar. [Right, but neocon Lindsey Graham likely leaked the plan to Routh's handlers.]