Trump golf club workers questioned by feds about whether they told friends ex-president would be there
Federal agents investigating the latest assassination attempt against Donald Trump asked staffers at his West Palm Beach golf course whether they shared sensitive information with outsiders about when the former president would be at the club, The Post has learned.The workers at Trump International Golf Course were questioned by the feds after Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, hid outside the property for 12 hours in a sniper’s nest before he was spotted by Secret Service agents as the 45th president was golfing Sunday.Members of the FBI and Secret Service “asked a couple questions about who I tell when President Trump is here,” a golf club employee told The Post Monday.
“They asked everyone if we tell our friends when he comes and goes,” the worker said.Federal authorities asked the employees if they recognized Routh, the would-be assassin who has since been hit with federal gun charges after lurking outside the course with an AK-style assault rifle.
No one claimed to have recognized Routh in any of the pictures they were shown, the employee said. “Everyone was actually really nice to us; they said that we weren’t suspected of anything and they made sure I wasn’t too shaken up when they started talking to me,” the staffer continued.The FBI and Secret Service worked in tandem to interview everyone at the club around the time of the assassination attempt.
Employees interviewed by the Post were adamant that they had followed their usual protocols, which include a strict phone and photography ban. “It’s a firing offense to be on our phones at work, and even worse if we take pictures of President Trump.A lot of people leave their phones in their car just so they can’t possibly get in trouble for it,” an employee said.
“They’ve told us for a long time that we are putting him in danger if we text a friend to say that he’s here, even if the friends are fans of him.So I have never once done that, and I don’t think a lot of my coworkers have ei...