Man who followed Trump to Florida golf course charged with attempted assassination
Updated: 6:23 p.m. EDT, September 24, 2024
Brian Roth is accused of hiding near Donald Trump’s golf course in Florida with an air pistol where he allegedly waited to kill the Republican presidential candidate. New evidence has surfaced and prosecutors say months earlier he wrote a gun letter detailing his failure to kill Trump. The letter was in a gun box handed over by an anonymous person and also contained a metal pipe, four phones and ammunition with Ruth detailing in the letter, quote. This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I am so sorry I let you down. However, the letter is addressed to the world and it goes on to offer a gun bounty for Donald Trump’s head. It is up to you to write it now to finish the job and I will offer $150,000 to whoever can finish the job. Everyone across the world from the youngest to the oldest knows that Trump is unfit to be anything but a *** in the United States. President Ruth’s lawyer alleges the letter outlined an intent to fail, saying it was more of a publicity stunt. *** Ruth was spotted lurking outside Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course with a shotgun. Just 30 yards from the former president, Secret Service agents who saw him open fire scared Ruth away.
A man who authorities say stalked Donald Trump for 12 hours at his Florida golf course and wrote that he wanted to kill him was charged Tuesday with attempting to assassinate a leading presidential candidate. Ryan Wesley Routh had originally been charged with two federal firearms offenses. The upgraded charges reflect the Justice Department’s assessment that he methodically plotted to kill the Republican nominee, pointing a rifle through the bushes surrounding Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach one afternoon as Trump was playing there. Routh left behind a note describing his intention. This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.
A man who authorities say surveilled Donald Trump for 12 hours at his Florida golf course and wrote about wanting to kill him was charged Tuesday with attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate.
Ryan Wesley Routh was originally charged with two federal firearms offenses. The upgraded charges reflect the Justice Department’s assessment that he methodically plotted to kill the Republican nominee, pointing a rifle through the bushes surrounding Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach one afternoon when Trump was playing there. Routh left behind a note describing his intent.
This is a breaking news story. Check back regularly for updates.
