Florida charges Trump assassination attempt suspect with attempted murder, terrorism

Would-be Trump assassin fishy Ryan Routh volition present look authorities charges successful Florida connected apical of the national charges helium has already pleaded not blameworthy to. 

Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier told "Fox & Friends" Thursday that his bureau secured a warrant and is charging Routh with attempted first-degree execution and coercion successful an alleged crippled to termination President Donald Trump astatine his West Palm Beach play people successful September.

Uthmeier said the charges travel aft officials successful Florida said they were antecedently stymied successful their investigations by the Biden Justice Department, which claimed jurisdiction. That led to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signing an enforcement bid days aft the Sept. 15 incident, authorizing authorities agencies to prosecute charges specified arsenic attempted murder, which could transportation a beingness sentence. 

Suspected would-be assassin Ryan Routh volition present look authorities charges successful Florida connected apical of the national charges helium has already pleaded not blameworthy to.

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With the Justice Department and FBI present headed up by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Director Kash Patel, respectively, Uthmeier said his bureau has gotten practice and the go-ahead to complaint Routh. 

"We privation a justness strategy that is consenting to prosecute justness nary substance what enactment is successful complaint and Joe Biden and the Democrats did everything they could to resistance their feet and garbage to cooperate with the authorities of Florida," Uthmeier said. "Under Attorney General Bondi and the Trump medication and our caller FBI manager [Patel], it's been a enactment of caller air, precise different. They've been transparent, cooperative."

Uthmeier said that the state’s lawsuit volition beryllium carried retired successful collaboration with the national government. He said national officials person made their evidentiary folder disposable to his bureau and they program to bash the same. He besides mentioned that much grounds astir the lawsuit volition go nationalist precise shortly. 

The caller charges travel conscionable days aft national prosecutors revealed Routh sought to get military-grade weapons – including a rocket launcher – from a Ukrainian interaction arsenic portion of his alleged assassination plot.

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Routh told his subordinate to "send maine a rpg [rocket-propelled grenade] oregon stinger, and I volition spot what we tin do… [Trump] is not bully for Ukraine," according to tribunal documents obtained by Fox News.

Routh pleaded not blameworthy successful September to national charges of the attempted assassination of a statesmanlike candidate, possessing a firearm successful furtherance of a transgression of violence, assaulting a national officer, felon successful possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

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Routh is accused of carrying retired what national prosecutors picture arsenic the last signifier of an attempted assassination plot against Trump.

In the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 15, prosecutors accidental Routh acceptable up a sniper hideout adjacent Trump International Golf Club successful West Palm Beach. Armed with a military-grade SKS firearm that helium had obtained illegally, Routh is accused of positioning himself successful anticipation of Trump’s accomplishment to play golf.

A sketch depicting Ryan Routh, the antheral accused of attempting to assassinate then-President-elect Donald Trump successful West Palm Beach past year, with his attorney, Kristy Militello, appearing successful a national tribunal successful Fort Pierce, Florida, connected Friday, March 7, 2025. (Lothar Speer)

However, earlier Trump came into range, Routh was spotted by Secret Service agents. When they confronted him, the agents opened occurrence and Routh fled the scene, abandoning his rifle, officials said. 

During his attempted escape, helium carried a written flight plan, aggregate burner phones, fake IDs and stolen licence plates, according to authorities. He was aboriginal arrested successful Martin County the aforesaid day.

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On Monday, Routh's defence submitted tribunal filings, including a 13-page question alleging that instrumentality enforcement utilized "impermissibly suggestive" tactics erstwhile interviewing an eyewitness identified arsenic T.C.M. They assertion the witnesser felt pressured to place Routh due to the fact that of the aggravated ambiance created by the beingness of aggregate instrumentality enforcement agencies.

Routh's proceedings is scheduled to statesman Sept. 8, 2025.

In December, erstwhile Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody charged Routh with different felony attempted execution charge, with prosecutors arguing helium was liable for an mishap that astir killed a young miss erstwhile constabulary unopen down postulation aft helium fled. 

Fox News’ Danamarie McNicholl and David Lewkowict contributed to this report.