Trump assassination suspect Ryan Routh left note offering $100k to ‘complete the job’

The antheral who tried to termination Donald Trump connected a Florida play people left down a note successful which helium admitted to the crippled and offered a reward to idiosyncratic who mightiness “complete the job.”

Ryan Routh, 58, was scheduled to look successful national tribunal connected Monday, and prosecutors included the enactment successful a filing arguing for him to stay down bars. In the note, Routh appeared to foretell his ain failure.

“Dear World, This was an assassination effort connected Donald Trump, but I americium truthful atrocious I failed you,” Routh wrote. “I tried my champion and gave it each the gumption I could muster. It is up to you present to decorativeness the job; and I volition connection $150,000 to whomever tin implicit the job.”

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In this imaged released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office, instrumentality enforcement officers apprehension Ryan Routh, the antheral suspected successful the evident assassination effort of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Routh has been charged with 2 national weapon crimes, but authorities said helium volition apt look much charges.

Secret Service agents spotted Routh hiding successful bushes connected the sixth spread of Trump International Golf Club successful West Palm Beach, Fla, portion the erstwhile president was playing the 5th spread connected Sept. 15, according to the documents filed Monday. When an cause saw Routh’s SKS firearm move, helium opened fire.

Routh fled earlier helium could get immoderate shots off, and he was captured soon afterward. In his car, cops recovered a handwritten database of dates and locations wherever Trump would beryllium appearing successful August, September and October, the feds said.

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump arrives astatine Harry Reid International Airport to committee a level aft a run trip, Saturday, Sept.14, 2024, successful Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The enactment had been placed successful a container and dropped disconnected astatine an unidentified person’s house months earlier, according to authorities. The idiosyncratic said they didn’t unfastened Routh’s container until aft helium was arrested for the attempted assassination. Along with the note, it contained ammunition, a metallic pipe, gathering materials, tools, phones and assorted letters.

Officers besides recovered six phones successful Routh’s car, the feds said. On 1 phone, helium had searched the quickest mode from Palm Beach County to Mexico.