The Portland Press Herald, one of Maine’s news websites, published a letter Sunday asking whether former President Donald Trump faked the second attempt on his life in order to raise campaign donations.
“Is it possible that he staged the latest event to bamboozle gullible supporters into giving him even more cash?” asked Leonard Freeman of Falmouth.
“Could it be true? Just wondering,” Freeman wrote.
It’s unclear why the Press Herald, which is owned by the George Soros-funded Maine Trust for Local News, decided to run the letter, which could easily be debunked with some basic journalistic fact-checking.
Ryan W. Routh, the would-be assassin, left ample evidence behind on social media suggesting his antipathy for Trump, as the Maine Wire has documented extensively.
On Monday, the Biden Department of Justice revealed that Routh had left behind a letter explicitly stating his intention was to assassinate Trump.
In the letter, Routh offered a $150,000 payment to anyone who did, in fact, kill the president.
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