RYan Routhsuspected of attempt to murder to the former president of the United States Donald Trump (2017-2021) on September 15 on a golf course in South Florida, will remain in prisona federal judge decided on Monday.
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Judge Ryon McCabe thus accepted the request made by prosecutors, who had requested that he not be granted bail. the 58-year-old man, who faces two federal firearms charges, for posing a threat to public safety.
The Department of Justice USA. filed a brief on Monday, hours before the hearing was set to begin, disclosing new information about the case, including a pre-written letter in which Routh acknowledged his failed attempt to kill Trump.
This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I am so sorry I failed them
The judge He referred precisely to this letter and to other elements presented by the Prosecutor’s Office to determine that the suspect remains detained while the investigation progresses. judicial process, in view of the “weight” of the evidence presented so far against Routh.
In the handwritten letterand which was found inside a box that Routh left to another person months ago, the suspect confessed: “This was an attempted murder of Donald Trump“But I’m very sorry I failed you.”
During the hearing, held in a federal court in West Palm Beach, prosecutors also referred to fingerprints that matched Routh’s and were discovered on a piece of adhesive tape on the rifle that the detainee had abandoned at the place where he was hiding.
On the day of the incident, the man was spotted by a Secret Service agent, who discovered him armed with a semi-automatic rifle hidden behind some bushes lined up near the sixth hole of a golf course in West Palm Beachwhich is owned by Trump, while he was with a group of friends one hole behind.
The officer, who noticed the barrel of the rifle sticking out of the bushes and pointed toward him, shot the suspect, who fled the scene without ever firing his weapon, according to prosecutors.
Routh was arrested by local police about 45 minutes later, while driving a vehicle northbound on an interstate highway.
When FBI agents inspected Routh’s location on the perimeter of the golf course, they discovered a loaded rifle with the serial number scratched off and illegible, as well as a telescopic sight, a digital camera, a backpack and a bag.
The analysis that was made by the FBI Of the six cell phones with which the detainee was found, it was revealed that on August 14 he traveled from North Carolina to West Palm Beach and since then he was hanging around the vicinity of the golf course as well as Mar-a-Lago, the social club and the residence of Trump in Florida.
Similarly, a list of sites and events between the months of August and September where Trump was present or was expected to be present was found.
Routh, who currently resides in Hawaii and has a criminal record in other states, wrote that he felt guilty for having elected a president “who turned out to be a jerk.”
Various publications that Routh He recently posted on the Internet revealing his staunch defense of Ukraine, whose army he unsuccessfully tried to enlist in to fight against the Russians.
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