{"id":2341831,"date":"2024-09-16T13:15:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T17:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ryan-routh-faces-gun-charges-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T13:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T17:19:07","slug":"ryan-routh-faces-gun-charges-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ryan-routh-faces-gun-charges-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Routh faces gun charges after Trump assassination attempt &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fryan-routh-faces-gun-charges-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2341831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ryan \u2063Wesley Routh, a 58-year-old man, appeared in federal court \u2064in Florida facing charges related to an assassination attempt on former President \u2064Donald \u2062Trump. Routh, who is a convicted\u200d felon, is charged with \u2063possessing a firearm illegally and having a firearm \u2062with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/staggering-feds-seize-hundreds-of-thousands-of-meth-laced-fake-pills-in-record-setting-drug-bust\/\" title=\"\u2018Staggering\u2019: Feds Seize Hundreds Of Thousands Of Meth-Laced Fake Pills In Record-Setting Drug Bust\">destroyed serial number<\/a>. He is currently detained without bond \u200band could face up to 20 years in \u200bprison if convicted. Routh allegedly waited \u2064armed with an AK-47-style rifle, intending to shoot Trump while the former president was golfing nearby. The Secret Service intervened,\u2063 preventing any harm to Trump. Following the incident, \u2064authorities revealed that Routh had developed a strong political ideology against Trump \u200bover the years and had even published a digital book critical of him, in which he expressed a desire for Trump to be assassinated. His fixation on political issues, particularly regarding Ukraine, was evident in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-suspended-from-education-program-for-saying-a-man-is-a-man-a-woman-is-a-woman\/\" title=\"Student Suspended From Education Program For Saying, \u2018A Man Is A Man, A Woman Is A Woman\u2019\">social media presence<\/a> and writings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ryan Routh faces gun charges after Trump assassination attempt<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1761383\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A man involved in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-president-senior-aide-survives-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"Ukrainian president senior aide survives assassination attempt\">apparent assassination attempt<\/a> on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Florida\">Donald Trump<\/a> over the weekend appeared in federal court in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Florida\">Florida<\/a> on Monday and is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"federal gun charges.\">federal gun charges.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-fbi-assassination-attempt-fee81d8bcf737bfcde2ee8e5cea88465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appeared<\/a> in prison scrubs and shackles at a federal courthouse in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Routh is charged with possessing a firearm despite being a convicted felon and possessing a firearm with a destroyed serial number, according to charging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/769771107\/Ryan-Routh?secret_password=JEjvDEdwNwQSiMlfeLwL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>documents<\/a>. He will be detained without bond until at least Sept. 23, when the court scheduled a detention hearing. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This image provided by the Guilford County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office shows a Feb. 10, 2010, booking photo of Ryan Wesley Routh. (Guilford County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities say Routh waited in the bushes, armed with an AK-47-style rifle, to shoot Trump on Sunday while the former president was playing golf a few hundred yards away at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was unharmed during the incident. The Secret Service observed Routh and fired shots at him, leading Routh to take off, and law enforcement officials later located and detained him, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>An abundance of details about Routh and his probable motive emerged soon after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect appeared to be a political ideologue with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corporate-media-shamefully-silent-over-atlanta-child-abuse-and-pedophile-ring-case\/\" title=\"Corporate Media Shamefully Silent Over Atlanta Child Abuse And \u2018Pedophile Ring\u2019 Case\">large social media presence<\/a> who became disenchanted with Trump after 2016. Routh appeared to shift his favor toward various Democrats in recent years and developed a fixation on supporting Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ryan Wesley Routh holds up a banner during a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2022. (AP Photo\/Alex Babenko)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Routh wrote a digital book called <em>Ukraine&rsquo;s Unwinnable War<\/em> that became available on Amazon in 2023. In it, Routh repeatedly criticized Trump and expressed a desire for him to be assassinated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I must take part of the blame for the retarded child that we elected for our next president that ended up being brain-less, but I am man enough to say that I misjudged and made a terrible mistake and Iran I apologize,&rdquo; Routh wrote. &ldquo;You are free to assassinate Trump as well as me for that error in judgement and the dismantling of the [Iran nuclear] deal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Routh also wrote that &ldquo;no one here in the US seems to have the balls to put natural selection to work or even unnatural selection.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He described Trump at times as an &ldquo;idiot&rdquo; and a &ldquo;fool&rdquo; and wrote that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was an incident &ldquo;perpetuated by Donald Trump and his undemocratic posse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Routh was also active on X, posting frequently before his account was suspended. In one now-unavailable X post, Routh said he voted for Trump in 2016 but that the former president seems to be &ldquo;getting worse and devolving.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Screenshot via X \/ Ryan Routh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another, he encouraged Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy, who ran in the Republican presidential primary, to &ldquo;partner now to change the course of this election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FBI, which is leading the inquiry into Routh, announced after the incident on Sunday that it was investigating &ldquo;what appears to be an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ryan-routh-facing-gun-charges-after-trump-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ryan Routh facing gun charges after Trump assassination attempt - Washington Examiner\">attempted assassination&#038;rdquo<\/a>; of Trump.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story is developing and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1761383\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1761383\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Routh is facing gun-related charges following an alleged assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend. On Monday, Routh, 58, appeared in federal court in Florida wearing prison attire and shackles. He has been charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and having a firearm with an altered serial number. He will remain in custody without bail until at least September 23, when a detention hearing is set to take place. If found guilty, he could face up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities report that Routh was armed with an AK-47-style rifle and waited in the bushes to shoot Trump while the former president was golfing nearby at Mar-a-Lago; however, Trump was unharmed during this incident. The Secret Service noticed Routh and fired shots at him, prompting him to flee before law enforcement apprehended him.<\/p>\n<p>Details about Routh&#8217;s background and possible motives have emerged since the event. He appears to be politically motivated with a significant social media presence who became disillusioned with Trump after 2016. In recent years, he shifted his support toward various Democrats and became particularly focused on backing Ukraine starting in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Routh authored a digital book titled &#8220;Ukraine\u2019s Unwinnable War,&#8221; published on Amazon in 2023, where he criticized Trump extensively and expressed wishes for his assassination. In one passage of his writing, he acknowledged misjudging Trump&#8217;s presidency but suggested that others should feel free to assassinate both himself and Trump for their perceived mistakes regarding U.S.-Iran relations.<\/p>\n<p>He frequently posted on X (formerly Twitter) before his account was suspended; one post indicated that although he voted for Trump in 2016, he felt the former president had worsened over time. The FBI is currently investigating what they describe as an attempted assassination of Trump following this incident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2341832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ryan-routh-trump-assassination-attempt.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40989,4133,40988,34974,32076],"class_list":["post-2341831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gun-charges","tag-news","tag-ryan-routh","tag-trump-assassination-attempt","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ryan-routh-trump-assassination-attempt.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}