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In a court filing on Monday, federal prosecutors said that Ryan Routh spent a month stalking President Donald Trump after his August 14 arrival in Florida.
Following his arrest, investigators obtained Routh’s cell phone data to gather more information, offering additional details in a Justice Department report.
“On multiple days and times from August 18, 2024, to September 15, 2024, Routh’s cell phone accessed cell towers located near Trump International [Golf Course] and the former President’s residence at Mar-a-Lago” in Palm Beach, according to the filing.
Prosecutors also noted that Routh had a “handwritten list of dates in August, September, and October 2024 and venues where the former President had appeared or was expected to be present.”
The filing was made as part of a request to hold Routh in jail without bail on Monday during his appearance at a U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach.
Routh’s charges include possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
RSBN previously reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed Routh authored a letter about trying and failing to assassinate Trump, which he delivered to an unidentified witness several months before he pointed a rifle toward Trump through the bushes at Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach, Florida.
The letter was addressed to “The World,” and stated, “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.”
Additionally, the letter said, “He [President Trump] ended relations with Iran like a child and now the Middle East has unraveled.”
Routh is a twice-convicted felon in North Carolina. In December 2002, he was convicted of possessing a weapon of mass destruction, which was described as a binary explosive device, according to CNBC.
He was also convicted on multiple counts of possessing stolen goods in March 2010.
In 2019, the FBI was tipped off by a person in Hawaii about Routh possessing a firearm as a felon. The agency could not validate the claim after contacting the complainant and subsequently passed the information to the Honolulu police.
