Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said there is no reason why the Department of Justice (DOJ) should have released a letter allegedly penned by the suspect of an alleged second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that was referenced during the suspect’s second court hearing on Monday.
The DOJ submitted the letter—which months before the alleged assassination attempt was left with an individual who contacted law enforcement after learning that Ryan Routh was the suspect—in a bid to keep him detained before his trial on federal weapons violations. A federal judge on Monday agreed to deny Routh’s request for bail, while prosecutors later said that they would seek attempted assassination charges against the suspect.
