The Biden-Harris Department of Justice’s decision to release a letter penned by former President Donald Trump’s second would-be assassin has critics crying foul.
Released Monday, in the letter would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh offers a $150,000 bounty to anyone willing to “finish the job” he started trying to assassinate Trump.
“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you,” the letter reads. “I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.”
View the letter below via Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.:
WTF!? Why is Kamala’s DOJ publicizing Ryan Wesley Routh putting a bounty on my dad’s head??? pic.twitter.com/XFwdwljFu9
— Donald Trump Jr (@trump_dona1213) September 23, 2024
“WTF!? Why is Kamala’s DOJ publicizing Ryan Wesley Routh putting a bounty on my dad’s head???” Trump Jr. wrote.
His question was a valid one, critics say, especially in light of the DOJ’s decision to rush to release the letter to the public.
Recall that after Nashville transgender shooter Aiden Hale committed a mass shooting in March of 2023, killing six innocent people, the DOJ tightly held on to her revealing manifesto for nearly a year.
Yet the DOJ waited just days to release Routh’s letter. Why?
It’s not just Trump family members crying foul. Even former Trump-era Attorney General Bill Barr has been raising concerns.
“I was dumbfounded that the DOJ made public this morning the contents of the letter that, Ryan Routh, left with an acquaintance prior to the attempted assassination of former President Trump,” Barr told Fox News in a statement.
“The letter calls on people to ‘finish the job’ of killing President Trump, attempts to rouse people in incendiary terms to do so, and offers $150,000 to anyone who succeeds. There was no apparent justification for releasing this information at this stage,” he added.
He further noted that the Biden-Harris DOJ “had more than enough evidence to have Routh detained pending trial without publicizing these details.”
“Even if DOJ thought it important to provide the letter to the court, it could have redacted inflammatory material or arranged to have the letter submitted under seal,” he explained. “It was rash to put out this letter in the midst of an election during which two attempts on the life of President Trump had been made. It served no purpose other than to risk inciting further violence.”
Speaking of inciting further violence, some critics believe the DOJ purposefully released the letter to entice a third or fourth Trump assassin:
People are shocked the DOJ publicized a $150,000 bounty on Trump’s because people still haven’t accepted that we already live under an evil, murderous government that will simply kill anyone who threatens its criminal enterprise.
Corrupt regimes murder their enemies. Always.
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) September 23, 2024
I try to never be surprised but @TheJusticeDept putting out a bounty to kill Trump actually put my jaw on the floor. How the hell are we supposed to take them releasing this bounty as anything but an attempt to get President Trump killed? pic.twitter.com/3cpgdwPYt5
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) September 23, 2024
The former president has also lashed out over the DOJ’s handling of Routh, who was initially charged with just gun offenses before an assassination charge was finally added on Monday.
“The Kamala Harris/Joe Biden Department of Justice and FBI are mishandling and downplaying the second assassination attempt on my life since July,” the president said in a statement released before the new assassination charge was announced. “The charges brought against the maniac assassin are a slap on the wrist.”
“If the DOJ and FBI cannot do their job honestly and without bias, and hold the aspiring assassin responsible to the full extent of the Law, Governor Ron DeSantis and the State of Florida have already agreed to take the lead on the investigation and prosecution,” he added.
Routh’s attempt on Trump’s life is the second high-profile attempt to occur in just a matter of months. Trump almost lost his life when another would-be assassin opened fire at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally in June, grazing his ear and killing a rallygoer.
In that instance, the would-be assassin, Matthew Thomas Crooks, was killed by law enforcement agents instead of being taken alive like Routh.
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