Ryan Routhsuspected of the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and charged Monday with two federal firearms-related charges, He lay in wait for nearly 12 hours to allegedly try to assassinate the former US president.
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According to the federal prosecutor’s office, which accuses him of possession of a firearm being a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an erased serial number, The man had been circulating since 1:59 local time, that is, for almost 12 hours, in the vicinity of the golf course.
The incident, which occurred on Sunday afternoon at a golf club in Palm Beach owned by Trump and which the FBI is investigating as “an attempted murder,” is also being investigated by Florida authorities, according to the governor of that state, Ron DeSantis.
Routh, who has several criminal records in North Carolina, including a 2002 conviction for “possession of a weapon of death and mass destruction,” which barred him from ever carrying a firearm again, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and half a million dollars in fines.
Routh had voted for Trump and was disenchanted with his mandate
Unlike Butler, where the Republican was wounded in the ear by one of the shots, this time the suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, who was hiding behind some bushes, did not pull the trigger when he was spotted by a Secret Service agent who shot him, prompting him to flee.
The suspect was arrested about 45 minutes after he escaped from the golf course, as he drove his pickup truck north on an interstate highway.
At the location where Routh was found, among the bushes, he left the weapon, an AR-47 assault rifle with a telescopic sight, two backpacks and a GoPro sports camera.
The suspect, who could face further federal and state charges, had voted for the Republican in 2016 but was “disappointed” with his term and in recent months he had declared on social media his firm defense of Ukraine and even traveled to that country to try to enlist in its Army and fight against the Russians.
We expected President Trump to be different and better than when he was a candidate
“I and the world hoped that President Trump would be different and better than when he was a candidate, but we were all very disappointed and it seems that you are getting worse… I will be glad when you are gone,” she wrote online.
According to official data, Routh voted in person for Democrats in the 2024 primary election in North Carolina, the state where he was born, went to college and spent most of his life, although his current address is in Hawaii, where he works in construction.
Routh is due back in court next Monday for a bail hearing and on Sept. 30 for his arraignment.
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