NBC’s Tom Winter joins TODAY with details about 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect arrested in an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump at his golf course Sunday.
A 58-year-old man was in custody in connection with what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt of former President Trump on Sunday, the second attempt in two months. Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, after shots were fired on Sunday afternoon, three senior law enforcement sources told NBC News. Routh was expected to make an appearance in federal court at the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse at 10 a.m.
Routh said in a post on X, then called Twitter, in June 2020 that he had supported Trump during his first run for presidency in 2016, before saying he would be 'glad' when Trump was 'gone.' “@realDonaldTrump While you were my choice in 2106 , I and the world hoped that president Trump would be different and better than the candidate, but we all were greatly disappointment and it seems you are getting worse ... I will be glad when you gone .” His X account has been suspended.
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