Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced the state has obtained an arrest warrant for attempted felony murder against Ryan Routh, who is already in federal custody for allegedly attempting to assassinate Donald Trump.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Wednesday announced the state has obtained an arrest warrant for attempted felony murder against Ryan Routh , who is already being held in federal custody on charges of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump . This is a continuation of a back-and-forth between the Biden administration and Florida Republican leaders over the state’s role in investigating the September assassination attempt , which was the second attempt on Trump's life in three months.
Routh’s trial date is set for February. Routh is facing five federal charges, including attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate, but Florida officials have said the federal government has “stonewalled” the state’s ability to conduct their own investigation or partner with the federal investigation. “The feds have stonewalled Florida’s investigation of the Trump assassination attempt at every turn, and I appreciate AG Moody and her team for plowing forward despite some resistance,” DeSantis posted on X after Moody made her announcement during a morning press conference. Trump has been critical of the Department of Justice’s handling of the second assassination attempt. The Justice Department did not answer a request for comment. Moody said the arrest warrant for attempted felony murder is not directly related to the Trump assassination attempt itself but because of a vehicle crash that happened as the result of police shutting down traffic on a highway as they attempted to catch a fleeing Routh. Moody says that backed-up traffic as the result of the search caused a vehicle accident that injured a six-year-old girl, which motivated the state’s push to seek its own charges. The crash happened three or four miles south of where Routh was apprehended, according to an affidavit released by Moody’s office
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