Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt charged with two gun crimes, appears in court

The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump was charged Monday with two federal gun crimes.

The man, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, faces one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

The two charges carry a combined maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 total fine.

The charges were revealed during Routh’s initial court appearance in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday morning.

Routh, appearing in shackles and dark blue jail attire before magistrate Judge Ryon McCabe, seemed unbothered and nonchalant as he sat with a public defender, NBC News reported.