About the WTF, just a guess.... The first two charges against Roush were having a gun while a paroled felon, and eliminating the serial number on the gun. To get him on an assasination attempt need some evidence that's why he was there. I had heard that in FL, an open carry state, Roush could have sat there all day on the outside of the fence on a public sidewalk craddling his AR 15 (by photos, that appears to be where he was, otherwise they would have hit him with trespassing and there were no holes in the fence). If stopped, he could have said, taking a walk and just resting here. After arrest, he could have said the same thing, claiming his gun was simply leaning on the fence (did SS overreact to seeing a muzzle? A few weeks ago everyone was saying the SS was incompetent, did it make them trigger happy? Good thing nobody was walking their dog past that spot on the sidewalk when he started shooting) and Roush could have claimed he got out of there when they started shooting at him. I think to quell that possible angle, releasing info that he did intend to shoot Trump seems like a good idea.