Suspected Trump gunman charged: media reports

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Suspected Trump gunman charged: media reports

The man accused of staking out Donald Trump’s Florida golf course with a rifle has been indicted on a charge of attempted ************** of a political candidate as prosecutors alleged he intended to ***** the former US president, CNN reported.

Ryan Routh, 58, was already facing two ****-related charges after authorities said he pointed a rifle through a fence at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida on September 15 while the *********** presidential candidate was golfing there. He has been ordered to remain in jail to await trial.

Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the report.

But a federal prosecutor said on Monday that the US Justice Department would ask a grand jury to approve the more serious attempted ************** charge, which carries a maximum of life in prison.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday called the attempted ************** a “heinous act” and said the Justice Department will “spare no resource ” on the case.

Routh has not yet entered a plea. His lawyers unsuccessfully sought to have him released on bond.

Prosecutors have in recent days revealed evidence they said pointed toward a plan to ***** Trump. They alleged that months before the incident, Routh dropped off a letter to an unidentified person alluding to “an ************** attempt on Donald Trump.”

They said Routh spent a month in South Florida and mobile phone data showed him near the golf course and Trump’s Florida residence at Mar-a-Lago. He was found with a handwritten list of dates and venues where Trump spoke or was expected to appear, according to court filings.

A US Secret Service agent searching the golf course ahead of Trump opened ***** after discovering the **** poking through the fence, causing Routh to flee, prosecutors said. He was arrested within an hour along a Florida highway.

Routh was initially charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

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