With this new information about the authorization for the use of deadly force and the contingency plan in case Trump and/or his Secret Service got in the way, it’s just so easy to let your imagination run wild. Can’t you just see some fervently partisan bureaucrat in the DOJ or the FBI fantasizing that Trump will arrive at Mar-a-Lago unexpectedly, get feisty, and be taken out by an over-zealous agent?

In this fantasy, the agent, of course, will go to prison, a sacrificial lamb on the altar of making the obscene look respectable. However, sacrificing a pawn is a small price to pay if you can rid yourself of your most feared political opponent.

Given that Trump was in New York at the time, what kind of sniper rifle could they have used?

Them & what army?

Ask the airport administrator in Little Rock.

Not a chance they would be allowed in with weapons if Trump was there. If they tried to raise a weapon toward Trump, they would be ventilated in seconds. The FBI is NOT the Secret Service, and they don't take orders from the FBI.