NY Times Reporter Details Interview With Man Now Investigated for Alleged Trump Assassination Attempt. Recounts Routh's Far-Fetched Plans to Send Foreign Fighters to Ukraine.

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New York Times reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff interviewed Ryan Wesley Routh while researching foreign fighters in Ukraine last year. Routh is currently under FBI investigation for an alleged assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.  Routh, who had no military experience, was driven by a desire to support Ukraine, even though he acknowledged being out of his depth. During his brief conversation with Gibbons-Neff, Routh discussed far-fetched plans involving forging documents, bribing officials, and arranging U.S. military flights to transport Afghan fighters.

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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.

00:02New York Times reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff interviewed Ryan Wesley Ruth while researching

00:07foreign fighters in Ukraine last year.

00:09Ruth is currently under FBI investigation for an alleged assassination attempt on former

00:14President Donald Trump.

00:15Ruth, who had no military experience, was driven by a desire to support Ukraine, even

00:20though he acknowledged being out of his depth.

00:22During his brief conversations with Gibbons-Neff, Ruth discussed far-fetched plans involving

00:27forging documents, bribing officials, and arranging U.S. military flights to transport

00:31Afghan fighters.

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