Suspected Trump Gunman Charged With Attempted Assassination (1)

The man who was found hiding in the bushes with a loaded rifle at Donald Trump’s golf course has been indicted for attempting to assassinate the former president.

Ryan Routh was charged with attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime and assaulting a federal officer, according to an indictment released Tuesday by the US Justice Department.

Ryan Wesley Routh in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, in April 2022.

Photographer: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo

Routh also faces two previous charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

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