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Government Wants Attempted Assassination Charge for Routh
Routh Charged With
Attempted Assassination
UPDATED
Sep 24, 2024 5:35 PM CDT

Routh Charged With Attempted Assassination

Case has been assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon

(Newser) - Ryan Routh, who allegedly waited for Donald Trump in a "sniper's nest" outside the former president's West Palm Beach golf club, has had a charge of attempted assassination added to the gun offenses he was charged with after his arrest. On Sept. 15, he "did intentionally...

Son of Trump Suspect Arrested on Child Porn Charges

Oran Routh accused of possessing child pornography

(Newser) - The son of the man suspected in the assassination attempt in Florida of Donald Trump has been arrested on federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse images, per the AP . Oran Routh was arrested this week after authorities searched his Greensboro, North Carolina, home "in connection with an investigation...

Trump Pushes New 'Protector' Theme to Women

'You will no longer be thinking about abortion,' he says at Pennsylvania rally

(Newser) - With polls suggesting a widening gulf between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on female voters, the former president is sounding a new theme to win them back: "I am your protector." The Hill reports that the former president posted a lengthy Truth Social post to that effect over...

Trump Gains Strength in 3 Battleground States

He leads in Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia, according to New York Times poll

(Newser) - Major new polls are coming out with increased frequency as the 2024 campaign enters the home stretch, and the latest from the New York Times and Siena College should please the campaign of Donald Trump. It shows the former president with increased strength in the three swing states of Arizona,...

'Dear World': Trump Suspect Left Note on Assassination Plot

'I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster," reads note attributed to Ryan Routh

(Newser) - The man accused of attempting to kill Donald Trump at a Florida golf course this month wrote a note about his plans months ahead of time—and seemed to know he'd fail, say prosecutors. The Justice Department revealed its existence on Monday, reports the New York Times and the...

Trump: 'I Don't See' a Fourth Campaign

Former president doesn't think he'll run in 2028 if he loses in November

(Newser) - Donald Trump doesn't think he'll be on the GOP ticket four straight times. In an interview aired Sunday on the Sinclair Media Group's Full Measure, the former president suggested he won't run in 2028 should he lose to Kamala Harris in November.
  • "No, I don'
...

Before Trump Shooting, a Communication Failure

Secret Service says breakdowns between agents, local law enforcement weakened security at July event

(Newser) - Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on Donald Trump, according to a new internal report. A five-page document summarizing the Secret Service report's key conclusions finds fault with both local and federal law enforcement, underscoring the cascading...

In 'Major Moment' for Trump Media, Stock Takes a New Dip

Restrictions lift on Trump, others being able to sell shares, with price dropping to record low of $13.73

(Newser) - Stock for Trump Media and Technology Group , the parent company behind Donald Trump's Truth Social platform, hasn't been faring so well in recent weeks, though everyone has been waiting to see what happened Friday, when lockup restrictions barring the former president and other investors from selling their shares...

Trump: Jews 'Would Have a Lot to Do' With It If He Loses

Ex-president says Jewish Americans who vote for Harris over him 'should have their head examined'

(Newser) - On Thursday, Donald Trump appeared at two different events to speak on antisemitism and shore up Jewish support for his reelection campaign, vowing at one event in front of Jewish donors to be "the best friend Jewish Americans have ever had in the White House," per the AP...

Pennsylvania Poll Results Are a 'Bit of a Puzzle'

NYT says Harris is ahead in key battleground state but tied with Trump nationwide

(Newser) - Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes could be key to winning the White House in November—and it's currently neck and neck between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, according to one of two major polls. The candidates are in a statistical tie in the state, with 48% of likely...

Donald Trump Walks Into a Bar, Buys Round With Bitcoin

Former president makes a point about cryptocurrency in New York City

(Newser) - If Donald Trump once thought crypto was a "scam," he's all in now. On Wednesday, before his evening rally on Long Island, the former president made a pit stop in New York City at Greenwich Village's PubKey bar, which the Wall Street Journal describes as "...

Trump Used to Call Crypto a &#39;Scam.&#39; Now, &#39;I Have to Do It&#39;
Trump Unveils His
Latest Venture: Crypto
THE RUNDOWN
Sep 18, 2024 8:00 AM CDT

Trump Unveils His Latest Venture: Crypto

Former president introduces World Liberty Financial, his new cryptocurrency venture

(Newser) - "Crypto is one of those things we have to do," Donald Trump said in an X livestream on Monday, flanked by sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. "Whether we like it or not, I have to do it." The GOP presidential nominee has now officially...

Musk's Deleted Tweet Catches Attention of Secret Service

He made what he called a joke about the lack of assassination attempts on Democrats

(Newser) - Elon Musk says it was merely a joke that didn't land , but a tweet he deleted has nonetheless caught the attention of the Secret Service, reports Reuters . In the wake of the apparent attempted assassination attempt on Donald Trump Sunday, Musk wrote, "And no one is even trying...

Secret Service Has Long Been Wary of Trump's Love of Golf

'You don't have to do a lot of guessing to know where he is going to be'

(Newser) - The Washington Post has a telling anecdote on the security challenges that Donald Trump's love of golf raises for the Secret Service. After he became president, agents showed Trump ordinary photos of him golfing taken by members of the press with long-range lenses. The idea was that a gunman...

Trump: Biden 'Couldn't Have Been Nicer' on Call

But former president continues to blame Democrats' 'rhetoric' for assassination attempts

(Newser) - Donald Trump gave two more interviews Monday in which he discussed the arrest of an alleged would-be assassin in Florida.
  • Washington Post columnist Marc A. Thiessen asked Trump how being the target of two assassination attempts in nine weeks has affected him. "Well, it hasn't affected me,"
...

Secret Service Says 'Security Plan Worked'

Suspect never had a line of sight to Trump, acting director says

(Newser) - Ryan Routh never had a line of sight to Donald Trump and didn't fire any shots during Sunday's apparent assassination attempt, acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe confirmed Monday. Rowe praised the "hyper vigilance" of the agent who spotted the rifle barrel in shrubbery at Trump's...

Judge Rules Against Trump in 'Electric Avenue' Lawsuit

Trump will have to pay damages, legal fees to Eddy Grant for campaign's use of song in 2020

(Newser) - "I hate Taylor Swift," Donald Trump declared in an all-caps Truth Social post on Sunday. Eddy Grant probably isn't on his Christmas card list either. A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that Trump is liable to pay damages to the reggae musician for his 2020 campaign'...

Trump Shooting Suspect Is Charged
Cops: Trump Suspect Camped
at Site for 12 Hours
UPDATED
Sep 16, 2024 12:35 PM CDT

Cops: Trump Suspect Camped at Site for 12 Hours

Ryan Wesley Routh faces his first charges in Florida after alleged assassination plot

(Newser) - The man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump camped outside a golf course with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours before a Secret Service agent confronted him and opened fire, according to court documents filed Monday. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, faces charges of possessing a...

What We Know About Suspected Trump Gunman
Son of Suspected Trump
Gunman Defends His Father
the rundown
Sep 16, 2024 8:30 AM CDT

Son of Suspected Trump Gunman Defends His Father

Ryan Routh, 58, once embraced the Ukraine war as a personal cause

(Newser) - The suspect in what is being investigated as another assassination attempt on Donald Trump has what the Washington Post aptly describes as a "quixotic past." Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, lives in Hawaii now, but spent much of his life in North Carolina. The Wall Street Journal similarly observes...

As Trump Readied His Putt, He Heard 'Pop, Pop' of Gunfire

'My father is running out of lives here,' says Eric Trump after second apparent assassination attempt

(Newser) - As the FBI investigates what appears to be a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, new details are emerging about what unfolded at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday afternoon. Details:
  • Gun spotted: Trump was golfing at Trump International Golf Club (not Mar-a-Lago), when a Secret
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