The Department of Justice has released a letter allegedly written by the second attempted Trump assassin, Ryan Routh, months before he tried to assassinate Donald Trump. The shocking letter, which is addressed to the “world,” was apparently left in a box with another person who only opened it up after the assassination attempt. But Glenn and Stu have a few questions: How did this person know to open the box at that moment? Why did the letter only predict a failed assassination? And, given the ACTUALLY dangerous contents of the letter, why would the DOJ release it?!
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GLENN: we have to guard our heart. We -- something is happening to us, as human beings.
And when -- when it happens, it's going to take horrible things to get us to be humble again, and to see problems. And to see each other as humans.
STU: I mean, we see that the left has stopped doing this.
Many of them. How many Act Blue donors are going to try to kill Donald Trump before we realize that?
Right? I know we mentioned potential update on this story.
GLENN: So listen.
This is the latest. This story broke this morning.
The second assassin. Assassin, or assassination attempt, the guy who attempted that. This doesn't make sense to me. Sent a letter out.
So the DOJ has obtained the letter from a witness, who they say received it inside of a box. Delivered to them, by Ralph.
Several months prior to the assassination attempt.
Authorities say, the witness opened the box, only after hearing Ralph was suspected in the attack.
The box --
STU: That's weird.
GLENN: Okay, yeah.
Wait a minute. Hang on.
Bring even tell you what's in it.
If you didn't open it. And you had it for several months. What kind of a hoarder are you, in the first place?
You just leave that box opened?
I can't imagine it.
STU: Was it a friend? Do we know who the person was yet?
GLENN: No. We don't.
STU: Maybe if I were to say, hey, Glenn.
I have some stuff to send pick up would you mind holding on to this, in storage? Could be.
GLENN: Maybe. That's not in the story.
But maybe. That's a good answer.
Then if you find out your friend tried to kill the president, or if it's not your friend, it's a neighbor or something. And they sent you a box.
I don't open the box.
STU: That's a good point. I would be a little nervous.
GLENN: Yeah, I would maybe send it to the FBI, or have them come pick it up with a robot.
You know, I don't open the box.
Well, the box contained several handwritten letters, as well as ammunition. One of the letters was addressed to the world.
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So this is what this letter says, from the guy who tried to assassinate Donald Trump at the golf course, a couple weeks ago.
He said, this was -- now, he wrote this two months before.
This was an assassination attempt, on Donald Trump.
But I failed you. I tried my best. And gave it all the Gumps, I could muster.
It's up to you, now, to finish the job.
And I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.
Okay. I've got a couple of questions here. If we couldn't release the Nashville letter, because it might incite violence, why is this one just so readily available?
Second of all, why does a guy who is going to assassinate the president leave two letters?
If you're receiving this, and the president is dead, this one. If he's not. This one.
Does this letter include anything about, it was a job well-done?
Or did he -- because if he didn't do that? He didn't really set out to accomplish the job.
Right?
STU: Yeah.
GLENN: Because why wouldn't you include?
It could have been done. I tried. And I failed.
Or I don't know what the outcome is, because I'm riding this.
Or I did it. And here's why I did it.
STU: And it could be there's another note that we didn't know about. It was the success note. In his mind.
GLENN: Yeah. Could be. Could be. Could be.
So he sent this letter out. The guy is unstable. Clearly.
But what makes me, this is turning into -- this is going to be another Kennedy thing.
It's going to be another -- another way for our government to lose its credibility.
Why wasn't this guy -- why don't we know why this guy didn't go to prison?
The first time.
In -- in -- what was it?
2009?
And then he was arrested again, in 2000, I think '12.
With a, quote, weapon of mass destruction.
Which means a fully automatic weapon. Now, if you're charging him with a weapon of mass destruction. You're going after him, to put him away forever.
But it didn't happen. Why didn't that happen? And they say, well, it was a state thing.
Well, no. No. No. No.
ATF can charge that. And believe me, if Stu had an automatic weapon. And even if it was licensed to him, but he didn't have the license right next to the gun, he would go to jail.
STU: Sure.
GLENN: So what -- what's the deal here?
How is this happening? And it doesn't seem like anybody is -- is actually doing anything about this.
You cannot build this country, and rebuild this country, without some credibility.
Why is our current government -- our current DOJ, even our current Senate and -- and Congress. I mean, I know the Republicans are doing it.
And thank God some Democrats are doing it as well.
But why aren't we getting any answers?
We need answers.
But apparently, we can't get them.
And history is a really strange thing.
Because the more you try to destroy something. History in America, shows.
The stronger that becomes. Not the weaker.