Suspect described Trump assassination attempt in pre-written note

The letter was dropped off at the home of a witness several months before the incident in Florida.

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"This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump," the note says.

Prosecutors included the note in a court filing on Monday, and said they would try to charge 58-year-old Ryan Routh with the attempted assassination of a major political candidate.

Routh has been in custody since his arrest on 15 September in Florida.

US Federal Judge Ryon McCabe ordered that Routh remain behind bars without bail pending his trial, saying that the "weight of the evidence against the defendant is strong".

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