Federal prosecutors have filed a charge of attempted assassination of a presidential candidate against Ryan Routh, who was arrested as he fled from his sniper’s perch at Trump International Golf Club in Florida.
The indictment, unsealed Tuesday, alleges that Routh “did intentionally attempt to kill Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump, a major Presidential candidate” when he hid out near where Trump was golfing in West Palm Beach on Sept. 15. During a perimeter sweep of the course, Secret Service agents saw Routh crouched in brush near the sixth hole, and…
