Secret Service Finds Hunting Stand in Florida With Line of Sight to Air Force One 'Exit Area'

Fox News broke the story that the FBI is now investigating a hunting stand 
the U.S. Secret Service discovered with a “direct line of sight” to where 
the president exits Air Force One in Florida at the Palm Beach 
International Airport. 

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BREAKING: The U.S. Secret Service uncovered a suspicious hunting stand 
with a direct line of sight to where President Trump exits Air Force One 
at the Palm Beach International Airport, officials tell FOX News Digital.

According to Fox News: “Agents found the stand on Thursday, and the FBI is 
now leading an investigation into the discovery. FBI Director Kash Patel 
said the hunting stand has not yet been connected to any individual. 

“’Prior to the President’s return to West Palm Beach, USSS discovered what 
appeared to be an elevated hunting stand within sight line of the Air 
Force One landing zone,’ Patel told Fox News Digital. ‘No individuals were 
located at the scene. 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.

Fox News reported that Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi 
confirmed that his agency is working with the FBI as well as law 
enforcement in Palm Beach County to learn more. 

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He said that Secret Service agents were conducting their "advance security 
preparations" prior to the president’s arrival in Palm Beach when they 
found the stand. 

"There was no impact to any movements and no individuals were present or 
involved at the location," he said to Fox News. "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." 

Fox News reports that its law enforcement sources said “the stand appeared 
to have been set up months ago."  


The local CBS affiliate in West Palm Beach, CBS12, reported that the 
incident prompted the closure of Southern Blvd. between Congress Ave. and 
Military Trail yesterday afternoon for what the Palm Beach County 
Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) described as an FBI investigation.

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Radicalization of the American Right

Just recently, Ryan Routh was convicted of attempted assassination of the 
president on a Florda golf course. He had set up a “sniper’s nest” along a 
fence line adjacent to a course where Trump was expected to play. 

That was the second attempted assassination of Trump that we know of. The 
most notable one came on July 13, 2024 when Trump was wounded in the ear 
while he was on stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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