Headline Roundup • September 23rd, 2024
Ryan Routh Left Letter Stating His Intention to Assassinate Trump, Prosecutors Say
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Routh was held without bond following his court hearing.
The Letter: Prosecutors alleged in a court filing that Routh dropped off a box containing ammunition, four phones, and several handwritten letters to an unnamed witness, months before his arrest. The witness did not open the box until after Routh's arrest. One letter addressed "To the World" read, “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. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.”
More Details: Federal officials found in Routh's vehicle lists of the dates and locations where Trump was set to appear in August, September, and October. His cell phone records also show multiple days and times when Routh traveled from Greensboro, North Carolina, to West Palm Beach, near Mar-a-Lago and Trump's golf course, between Aug. 18 and Sept. 15.
The Charges: Routh was charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. After a three-hour hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Ryon McCabe ordered Routh detained without bond.
How the Media Covered It: Coverage was similar on the left, center, and most of the right. Fox News (Right bias) called the letter "chilling," and the National Pulse (Right) framed Routh's letter as "[admitting] Democrat-inspired motivations."
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The gunman who allegedly tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump while he was golfing has been ordered held without bond until his trial.
Ryan Wesley Routh appeared in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, Monday morning for a three-hour hearing — where Judge Ryon McCabe agreed with prosecutors that Routh should be kept behind bars until his trial for weapons charges.
On Monday, prosecutors released a letter in which Routh allegedly admitted he was going to try to kill the 2024 Republican presidential nominee and encouraged others to also attempt to assassinate...
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The man charged in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump wrote a note declaring that he did seek to kill the former president, according to a court document shared Monday.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was expected to appear at a federal pre-detention hearing on Monday after prosecutors laid out their case in documents to the court as to whether he should be held without bail until his trial.
A federal magistrate ordered Ryan Routh detained until trial on gun charges over a golf-course incident with former President Donald Trump that prosecutors said Routh described in a handwritten note as “an assassination attempt” that failed.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Ryon McCabe ordered Routh detained without bond after a three-hour hearing in Florida, where federal prosecutors linked him to the rifle found at Trump International Golf Club. Routh’s cellphone was tracked near the golf course and Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in the month before his arrest Sept. 15, according to a court filing by prosecutors.
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