Alert maralago after an apparent Assassination Attempt on former president Donald Trump. He is home tonight unharmed but no less than a Dozen Police cars are visible at the resort and an Investigation Led by the fbi is underway after the Secret Service fired on an armed man while trump was on the course just a few hundred feet away. One person is in Law Enforcement Custody identified as ryan wellesley ralph, age 58 according to senior law and officials briefed on the matter. President biden, Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Walz are all expressing relief that trump is safe and Mike Johnson posted just last hour on Social Media calling him strong and resilient. Lets start at West Palm Beach were nbc News Correspondent Kathy Park is standing by. Describe the scene for us. What is the latest . Good evening. We are right in front of the Golf Course right now and i can tell you the security here has not let up. Earlier today we heard Law Enforcement really crediting the quick actions of
Can tell you the security has not let up. Earlier today, we heard Law Enforcementda crediting the qui actions of Aed Witness Who Spotd the suspect right away, before 2 00 this afternoon when the incident played out. Officials are saying that this Witness Saw the man jump out from thema brush, the shrubbery that surrounding this Golf Course and was quick to actually write down the License Plate Number of the suspects getaway vehicle. It was a black nissan, and this witness not yet identified, apparently shared the information with local Law Enforcement Rightwi away. Andri thats where local Law Enforcement on the ground was able to track down the suspect along thedo interstate. But thee interstate, as you ca imagine was pretty chaotic. Even getting to this location today, they were blocking off different ramps and roadways surrounding the Golf Course as the investigation pressed ahead but they wereat able to get the suspect. We heard earlier that this individual was pretty compliant and
america leadership pac supporting his 2024 presidential bid, they have paid money, substantial, tens of thousands of dollars to the law firms representing those codefendants. there s money on the line here, and for donald trump, ensuring they do not testify is important. as of right now, we believe their lawyers are being paid by this pac supporting donald trump, and coming from donations of americans around the country who are acting in realtime, donating to the legal effort. that s the politics of it as well. i want to dig into what ken was talking about there looking through the 60 page indictment. what stood out to me specifically, and what doug dug into is the conversation surrounding the surveillance footage, and i want to read a part of this for you, and then have you react. so it talks about this new codefendant, de oliveira, telling trump employee number 4 who we know as mr. tavarras that