From Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting assassination
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Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him is indicted on charges that he attempted to assassinate a major US presidential candidate.
Ryan Wesley Routh had been initially charged with two federal firearms offenses. The upgraded charges reflect the Justice Department’s assessment that he methodically plotted to kill the Republican nominee, aiming a rifle through the shrubbery surrounding Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course on an afternoon Trump was playing on it. Routh left behind a note in which he described his intention.
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