A man accused of firing gunshots in an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump had previously been interviewed by the New York Times about...
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A man accused of firing gunshots in an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump had previously been interviewed by the New York Times about Ukraine.Times reporter Thomas Gibbons-Ness encountered 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh last year while reporting on unqualified foreign volunteers fighting on the front in Ukraine against Russia. He was put in touch with him through Najim Rahim, an old colleague and friend from Kabul."Through the strange nexus of combatants as one war ended and another began, he had learned of Mr. Routh from a source of his in Iran, a former Afghan special operations soldier who was trying to get out of Iran and fight in Ukraine," Gibbons-Ness wrote.Routh had spent time in Ukraine trying to raise support for the war effort and was seeking recruits among Afghan soldiers who had fled from the Taliban.“In my opinion everyone should be there supporting the Ukrainians,” said Routh, a former construction worker from Greensboro, North Carolina, adding that he was too old and inexperienced to fight himself.ALSO READ: How Trump ally Michael Flynn is priming supporters for violence ahead of the electionGibbons-Ness said the conversation was brief, and happed when Routh said he was in Washington, D.C., in an effort to meet congressmen to talk about Ukraine — a meeting the reporter wasn't sure actually happened.He spoke of buying off corrupt overseas officials to get his Afghan comrades to Ukraine, Gibbons-Ness said."I shook my head. It sounded ridiculous, but the tone in Mr. Routh’s voice said otherwise," wrote Gibbons-Ness. "He was going to back Ukraine’s war effort, no matter what."
A man accused of firing gunshots in an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump had previously been interviewed by the New York Times about...
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, told The New York Times in 2023 that he had traveled to Ukraine and wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight there.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, told The New York Times in 2023 that he had traveled to Ukraine and wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight there.
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Ryan Wesley Routh wanted to fly Afghan veterans to fight against Russia in Ukraine, an endeavor he seemed ill prepared to orchestrate.
Ryan Wesley Routh wanted to fly Afghan veterans to fight against Russia in Ukraine, an endeavor he seemed ill prepared to orchestrate.