There were some bits of the story that were disturbing.

He's some sort of Democrat party activist. It's possible that there were under-the-table deals made. "We'll hire your relatives for a $200k/year job if you pull this off."

They said Trump made a last-minute decision to play golf today. There was no pre-announcement that he would be there today. How did he know Trump would be there and to wait to ambush him?