Ryan Routhsuspected of attempting to assassinate former president and Republican candidate, Donald Trump (2017-2021), on a golf course in South Florida (USA), was charged on Monday with federal firearms-related charges, for which he could face up to 20 years in prison.
Routh had his first appearance in federal court on Monday. West Palm Beachwhere he arrived in handcuffs and a prison uniform after being arrested on Sunday on suspicion of trying to shoot the former president with an assault rifle while he was playing on a golf course he owned.
During a hearing lasting just under ten minutes and chaired by the federal magistrate Ryon McCabeProsecutors charged Routh with two counts: possession of a firearm while a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
Moments before the arraignment, police officials said the AK-47 rifle seized at the scene and believed to have been used by the suspect to shoot Trump had a scratched serial number.
In court, Routh, 58, said he has no savings, his only assets are two trucks currently in Hawaii and that he earns about $3,000 a month in income. He is also the father of a 25-year-old son.
A bail hearing has been set for September 23, and an arraignment hearing for September 30, at which new charges could be added as the investigation progresses, it was announced today.
The second assassination attempt on the current Republican candidate, just over two months after the one he suffered in Butler (Pennsylvania), occurred at around 1:30 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. GMT) on Sunday and was prevented after Secret Service agents spotted a man with a telescopic rifle behind a fence at the golf course.
The Secret Service fired shots and the man ran out from behind some bushes where he was hiding, but was arrested a few minutes later on a road in his vehicle. The gun was found in the bushes, as well as two backpacks and a GoPro sports camera.
This morning, in a message posted through Truth SocialTrump thanked citizens for their concern and good wishes, as well as the United States Secret Service and the local Sheriff, Ric Bradshawand his office. EFE (I)
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