U.S CHARGES SUSPECTED TRUMP GUNMAN WITH ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION
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The man accused of staking out Donald Trump’s Florida golf course with a rifle was indicted on a charge of attempted assassination of a political candidate.
Ryan Routh, 58, was already facing two gun-related charges after authorities said he pointed a rifle through a fence at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sept. 15 while the Republican presidential candidate was golfing there.
The Department of Justice said a federal grand jury in Miami returned the indictment late Tuesday, The attempted assassination charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Routh was initially charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
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