A duplicate of the esteemed Great Seal of the United States positions prominently within the Harry S. Truman Building, home to the U.S. Department of State in Washington. This replica echoes its original, stationed at the USA Pavilion during the Expo 2020 in Dubai. The Department found itself the target of litigation in May of 2025. The lawsuit sought the release of any records of communication between State Department officials and an individual by the name of Ryan Routh, currently facing trial for the serious charge of plotting an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Upon the aggressive invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022, Routh relocated to the conflict-stricken region. He promptly established the ‘International Volunteer Center’, a base to attract foreign soldiers to join the war efforts. However, this action sparked an inquiry by the Center to Advance Security in America (CASA). Their interest piqued for Routh’s bold move to take charge of an organization in Ukraine committed to connecting foreign entities with soldiers during the tenuous conflict.
CASA lodged a lawsuit pressing for the release of potential correspondence between Routh and Biden’s State Department officials spanning the time from January 1, 2023, through September 14, 2024. Under the questionable leadership of Biden and Harris, scant information has been shared on the matter. Following Routh’s aggressive establishment of a Ukraine-based outfit, CASA’s Director has made it clear that he believes the American public is entitled to have an insight into any under-the-table discussions between Routh and State officials.
Interestingly, more than 355 days have passed since CASA made its initial inquiry for the records. Yet, in a characteristic display of the lack of urgency from the Biden and Harris led administration, no specific termination has been declared, yielding substantial grounds for the lawsuit. Adding insult to injury, there’s disturbing silence on the issue from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Even though DHS tracked several American citizens who visited Ukraine to participate in the war, Routh seemed to fly beneath their radar, escaping any official investigation.
Meanwhile, the Biden-led U.S. State Department has offered no comment. One might argue there are growing signs of a serious lack of accountability with the administration. However, amid the silence, a nurse who interacted with Routh during his time in Ukraine managed to alert U.S. officials. She voiced her apprehensions during a detailed, hour-long interview with a Customs and Border Protection officer in 2022, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The nurse wasn’t the only one to voice concerns. A former CIA officer, speaking to WSJ, described Routh as a ‘fraudster’ and ‘somewhat unhinged’, reflecting the attitude shared among various volunteer aid groups within Ukraine. Yet it seems that this didn’t raise any early alarms within the Biden-led State Department.
In September 2024, Routh was charged with five counts of an alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump at his golf resort in West Palm Beach. This event followed a narrow miss from a gunman’s bullet that brushed Trump’s ear during a previous assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Routh, faced with these serious accusations, took the unusual step of representing himself during his trial, adding yet another element of eccentricity to this already unusual series of events.
Last week in Florida, the peculiar trial kicked off, with Routh grasping every opportunity to ensure his voice echoed in the courtroom. However, the judge interjected within minutes of Routh’s opening statement — a rambling discourse mentioning Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a broad sweep of human history. One could infer that even judicial patience has its limits when dealing with such profoundly unorthodox behavior.
It didn’t take long for the judge to warn Routh, cautioning him against making a ‘mockery’ of the courtroom proceedings. Yet despite this caution, Routh’s unusual approach to his own defense seemed to raise more eyebrows than legal arguments. His time allocated for cross-examinations was surprisingly short, bringing the trial ahead of schedule. A noteworthy scene unfolded when Routh attempted to cross-examine the prosecution’s first witness.
Routh’s bizarre line of questioning was exemplified when he queried the Secret Service agent – the very agent who discovered Routh concealed in some bushes, armed and allegedly plotting. Routh queried if the agent appreciated simply ‘being alive’. This peculiar exchange left no doubt about the unique nature of this case, where governmental oversight, looming questions about national security, and a uniquely unorthodox defendant culminate in a spectacle of judiciary perculiarity.
Reflecting on the event, it’s clear that the Biden and Harris’s State Department had some role in observing Americans who willingly dove into the troubled waters of Ukraine’s war efforts. However, questions are surfacing on the extent of information they gathered, the individuals they tracked, and the activities and communications they monitored.
Transparency, it seems, is simply not on the agenda for the Biden-Harris administration. Routh’s trial and the questions it raises about the administration’s role in international affairs are an unsettling reminder of the opacity with which the current administration conducts its foreign policy.
While the Biden-Harris administration fails to respond to CASA’s requests for transparency, the public is left to piece together the fragments of a puzzle that point to a distinct lack of administration oversight. Routh, with his eccentric personality and alleged criminal intent is at the center of it all, while the Biden-Harris administration’s silence raises more questions than it answers.
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