Ronald Rowe, the deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service, was appointed this summer as the agency's acting director during a tumultuous moment of a chaotic election year. The big picture: Rowe assumed the USSS helm after his predecessor Kimberly Cheatle resigned days after the first assassination attempt on former President Trump in Pennsylvania.

According to the criminal complaint, cell phone information showed Routh was in the area around the treeline from around 2 am Sunday morning until he was spotted 12 hours later.