Fmr. FBI Deputy Director Reacts to Apparent Assassination Attempt on Trump | Amanpour and Company

For the second time in two months, former president Trump has been the target of an apparent assassination attempt. It happened on Sunday while the former president was playing golf at his club in Florida. A Secret Service agent spotted a rifle barrel protruding from a fence a few hundred meters away from Trump’s location. The man in custody, Ryan Wesley Routh, spent time in Ukraine and recently wrote about other global hotspots, including Afghanistan and Taiwan, in a self-published book. Routh had also criticized Trump on social media. The threat of political violence appears to be heating up with the approach of the November election. Andrew McCabe, former Deputy Director of the FBI, was fired by Trump for what McCabe says were political reasons. He joins Christiane from D.C. Originally aired on September 16, 2024 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major support for Amanpour and Com