Apparent Trump plot suspect Ryan Routh wrote 'This was an assassination attempt,' court filing shows
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The man charged in connection with an apparent attempt to assassinate 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 said Monday.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The man charged in connection with an apparent attempt to assassinate 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 said Monday.
The note was made public in a U.S. District Court filing asking that Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, be held in pretrial detention. Later Monday, a judge ordered he would remain in jail pending trial.
Law enforcement was contacted Wednesday by a civilian who said Routh had dropped off a box at his residence several months earlier, the filing said. The witness opened the box after he learned of the incident at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Sept. 15, it said.
The box contained ammunition, four phones and letters, according to the filing.
It said one handwritten letter addressed to “The World” said: “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you.”
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