The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at his golf course a week ago in Florida appeared in court for a pre-trial detention hearing. Ryan Routh was captured fleeing the scene.
Federal prosecutors say the man being held in an apparent assassination attempt on former President Trump wrote a letter detailing his plans. In addition, the government says Ryan Routh traveled to Florida a month before his arrest and began casing the golf course and drove by Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
In court papers filed Monday, agents included a letter Routh allegedly wrote and left with an unidentified person in a box along with other possessions. The letter, addressed to “The World” says, “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster.”
According to the filing, the person received the box several months earlier but didn’t open it until after seeing news reports of the apparent assassination attempt on Sept.
