Federal prosecutors have charged Ryan Wesley Routh with attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump after he was spotted with a gun near Trump's golf course in Florida.
Federal prosecutors have charged the man who was spotted with a gun outside of Donald Trump ‘s golf course with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate. The indictment, unsealed Tuesday, alleges that Ryan Wesley Routh “did intentionally attempt to kill Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump, a major Presidential candidate” when he was camped out near where Trump was golfing on Sept. 15 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
District Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump nominee who dismissed the criminal classified documents against the former president earlier this year. The indictment comes one day after Trump issued a statement accusing the Justice Department of “downplaying” the alleged assassination plot against him this month and suggesting state officials in Florida take over the case.
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