Federal prosecutors filed charges the visible man outside with a gun Donald Trump‘s assassination attempt on the presidential candidate on the golf course.
The indictmentThe lawsuit, unsealed Tuesday, alleges that Ryan Wesley Routh “intentionally attempted to kill Donald J. Trump, the former president of the United States and a leading presidential candidate” on Sept. 15 while camping near Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach. Florida. The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.
He also added two more charges: possession of a firearm to commit a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer.
Routh was previously charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
The case has been assigned to Trump’s nominee, US District Judge Eileen Cannon was fired Secret criminal files against the former president earlier this year.
The Justice Department said a grand jury in Miami returned an indictment with additional charges Tuesday afternoon.
The indictment comes a day after Trump’s statement statement accuses Department of Justice “Reduce” the alleged assassination plot against him this month and suggested that state officials in Florida take over the case.
“The Kamala Harris/Joe Biden Department of Justice and the FBI have been mishandling and trivializing the second attempt on my life since July. The charges against the maniacal assassin are a slap on the wrist,” Trump said in a statement Monday, “alleging a conflict of interest because they’ve been involved in ‘Getting Trump’ for so long.”
Federal prosecutors said more charges were pending during Routh’s court appearance Monday. Among the additional evidence they gathered was a handwritten note Routh addressed to The World: “This was an assassination attempt against Donald Trump, but I failed you.”
rout, 58, Hawaii, a decision was made not to release bail until trial. He has not yet been arraigned.
“Violence targeting public officials threatens everything our country stands for, and the Department of Justice will use every means possible to bring Ryan Routh to justice,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Tuesday.
“This has to stop,” Garland said.
He became a victim of Trump attempted assassination Butler, Pa., in July. The gunman was shot in the right ear by the Secret Service after firing on Trump during the campaign.