Ryan Routh Faces State Charges Nearly 7 Months After Alleged Assassination Attempt on Trump

Ryan Routh was officially charged with first-degree attempted murder and terrorism, with the charges carrying a life sentence.
Ryan Routh Faces State Charges Nearly 7 Months After Alleged Assassination Attempt on Trump
Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo
Rachel Acenas
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The man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September last year has now been charged in the state of Florida after “206 days of stonewalling” by the Biden administration, according to the state’s attorney general on Thursday.

Ryan Routh, 59, was officially charged with first-degree attempted murder and terrorism, with the charges carrying a life sentence.

Rachel Acenas
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