Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a man suspected of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump with attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate.
Ryan Routh, 58, is already facing two gun-related charges after authorities said he pointed a rifle through a fence at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15 while the Republican presidential candidate was golfing. On Monday, a judge ordered that he remain in jail to await trial.
An indictment submitted Tuesday by Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors cited documents that contained a handwritten list of dates in August, September, and October when Trump was slated to appear or had appeared at public venues….