Man charged in apparent Trump plot wrote ‘This was an assassination attempt,' court filing shows
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was charged with two gun crimes after his Sept. 15 arrest. He appeared in Florida court Monday and was ordered to be held pending trial.
The man charged in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Florida this month dropped off at a home a box with a letter that declared, "This was an assassination attempt," a court document revealed Monday.
... moreMan charged in apparent Trump plot wrote ‘This was an assassination attempt,' court filing shows
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was charged with two gun crimes after his Sept. 15 arrest. He appeared in Florida court Monday and was ordered to be held pending trial.
The man charged in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Florida this month dropped off at a home a box with a letter that declared, "This was an assassination attempt," a court document revealed Monday.
The note was made public in a U.S. District Court filing asking that Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, be held in pre-trial detention. Later on Monday, a judge ordered he would remain in jail pending trial.
Law enforcement was contacted Sept. 18 by a civilian who said that Routh had dropped off a box at his residence several months earlier, the filing said. The witness opened the box after learning of the Sept. 15 incident at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The box contained ammunition, four phones and letters.
One handwritten letter addressed to “The World” said: “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you.”
The letter said in part: “He ended relations with Iran like a child and now the Middle East has unraveled.”
