The FBI’s investigation into an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Florida will be global, a law enforcement source has told CNN.

Authorities are working to obtain search warrants on social media accounts believed to be associated with Routh, the source said, and because some of Routh’s suspected online activity also involved using platforms headquartered outside the United States, the investigation will involve working with international partners.

CNN reports, “The FBI is also aware of Routh’s suspected online claims about foreign travel, the source said, which will be part of the bureau’s investigation. While early in the investigation, authorities have not identified any co-conspirators potentially targeting Trump, the source said.”

The son of the man reportedly accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course Sunday said his father had traveled to Ukraine and volunteered to provide what the son described as “humanitarian” aid to troops defending the country from Russian forces that invaded in 2022, the Guardian’s Ramon Antonio Vargas reports.

A source with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed to the Guardian that the suspect in Sunday’s case is 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh – though law enforcement has not officially named him and there was no immediate indication of a motive.

In an interview with CNN Sunday, Oran Routh called Ryan “a loving and caring father” and an “honest hardworking man”.

The White House has released a longer statement from Kamala Harris reiterating Biden’s promise to “ensure the Secret Service has every resource, capability, and protective measure necessary to carry out its critical mission”. She says:

I am deeply disturbed by the possible assassination attempt of former President Trump today. As we gather the facts, I will be clear: I condemn political violence. We all must do our part to ensure that this incident does not lead to more violence.
I am thankful that former President Trump is safe. I commend the US Secret Service and law enforcement partners for their vigilance. As President Biden said, our Administration will ensure the Secret Service has every resource, capability, and protective measure necessary to carry out its critical mission.

The leaders of a congressional bipartisan task force investigating the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump said they have requested a briefing by the Secret Service.

“We are thankful that the former President was not harmed, but remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all of its forms,” Representative Mike Kelly, a Republican and Representative Jason Crow, a Demcorat, said in a statement. They said the task force will share updates.

US Representative Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat who is part of the task force, said he, “will seek answers about what happened today and then.”

Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham, in an interview with the New York Times, said he had spoken with Trump and the former president expressed gratitude for his Secret Service detail, adding that the president said, “These people are awesome.”

In response to a reporter’s question, officials acknowledged that because Trump is not in office, the full golf course was not cordoned off.

“If he was, we would have had the entire golf course surrounded,” Bradshaw said during Sunday’s briefing.

“Because he’s not, security is limited to the areas that the Secret Service deems possible.”

House speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, has posted what appears to be a picture of him with Trump today – the former president and current Republican presidential candidate is wearing golf clothes.

Johnson said that he is departing Mar-a-Lago, and is “thanking God for protecting [Trump] today—once again. No leader in American history has endured more attacks and remained so strong and resilient. He is unstoppable.”

Here is Kamala Harris’s schedule for this week:

• On Monday, September 16, the Vice President will participate in a campaign meeting. This meeting in Washington, DC will be closed press.

• On Tuesday, September 17, the Vice President will return to Pennsylvania for a campaign event. This event in Philadelphia will be pooled press.

• On Wednesday, September 18, the Vice President will deliver remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 47th Annual Leadership Conference. This event in Washington, DC will be pooled press and open to pre-credentialed media.

• On Thursday, September 19, the Vice President will return to Michigan for a campaign event. This event in the metro Detroit area will be pooled press. Then, the Vice President will return to Wisconsin.

• On Friday, September 20, the Vice President will be in Wisconsin for political events. She will also participate virtually in a meeting that the President is convening with his cabinet to discuss a range of Administration priorities. The First Lady will deliver remarks.

• In the evening, the Vice President will return to Washington, DC.

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: alleged perpetrator ‘should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law’

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has said on X that, “the State of Florida will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club.”

He added, “The people deserve the truth about the would be assassin and how he was able to get within 500 yards of the former president and current GOP nominee”:

Ronald Rowe, the acting Secret Service Director is on his way to Florida, CNN reports.

Rowe has held the Service’s most senior position since Kimberly Cheatle resigned in July after the assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi has released a statement saying, “There never is a place for political violence of any kind in America”, and commending law enforcement officials:

In case you missed this account earlier: Fox News presenter Sean Hannity said he’d spoken to both Trump and Steve Witkoff, a New York real estate investor and longtime Trump friend who was on the golf course with him on Sunday.

“They were on the fifth hole. And the way Steve described this, the way the president described it, they both had exactly the same story, which is that they heard pop pop, pop pop,” said Hannity. The Secret Service “pounced on the president, covered him”, he added.

Biden has also posted that statement to X. Here it is:

CNN has spoken to the son of the alleged suspect, who has been named in US media outlets as Ryan Wesley Routh.

Routh’s son said, “Ryan is my father, and I don’t have any comment beyond a character profile of him as a loving and caring father, and honest hardworking man. I don’t know what has happened in Florida, and I hope things have just been blown out of proportion, because from the little I’ve heard it doesn’t sound like the man I know to do anything crazy, much less violent. He’s a good father, and a great man, and I hope you can portray him in an honest light.”

Authorities have not publicly identified the suspect. The Guardian has not confirmed this independently.

Trump’s former White House doctor, Representative Ronny L Jackson of Texas, has spoken to the former president, he told the New York Times.

Jackson tended to Trumps’s ear after the assassination attempt on 13 July.

He said that about two hours after the incident on Sunday, he called Trump to check in on him.

“He told me he was always glad to hear from me but he was glad he didn’t need my services today,” said Jackson.

“I just told him I was glad he was OK and he said he can’t believe this happened,” Jackson said. “But he said he’s doing well and the team was doing well.”