FBI Investigates Hunting Stand Near Trump's Air Force One

U.S. Secret Service agents discovered a suspicious elevated hunting stand with a direct line of sight to where President Trump exits Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport during advance security sweeps before his arrival at Mar-a-Lago. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the FBI has taken the investigatory lead, flown in resources and is using cell‑phone analytics; no individuals have been tied to the stand. Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said there was no impact to presidential movements, agents found no one at the scene, and the FBI processed evidence while briefly closing parts of Southern Boulevard. Law‑enforcement sources said the stand appeared to have been set up months earlier. The discovery comes amid heightened scrutiny of presidential security after the recent conviction of Ryan Routh for an attempted assassination plot in Palm Beach.