Man Charged in Apparent Trump Plot Left Note: ‘This Was an Assassination Attempt’

Prosecutors said the note and other evidence found at the scene show a need for Routh to be detained while the government builds its case against him.

Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo

A court document submitted by federal prosecutors on Monday showed that Ryan Routh, the suspect in the apparent second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, allegedly penned a handwritten note that said it “was an assassination attempt” on the former president.

The document was filed before a federal judge denied bond during a Monday court hearing, agreeing with prosecutors’ arguments that Routh is a flight risk and a risk to the community and should be held before his trial.