Justice Department trying to build an attempted assassination case against man accused in Trump incident at golf course
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Federal investigators are scouring electronics and examining other evidence as they work to bring more serious charges against the suspect in the apparent assassination of Donald Trump at a Florida golf club, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the matter.
Federal investigators are scouring electronics and examining other evidence as they work to bring more serious charges against the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a Florida golf club, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the matter. Among the outstanding questions for investigators is whether there is a foreign nexus, including potential links to ongoing Iranian threats against the former president or Ryan Wesley Routh’s previous travel abroad, sources told CNN. So far, there is no evidence indicating the suspect was motivated or instructed by foreign elements to target Trump. Routh has not cooperated with the FBI since his arrest on Sunday, the sources said, and he currently only faces gun-related charges. But prosecutors and investigators have made clear that they view the incident as an apparent plot to kill the former president and are working to build a case with those additional charges. That effort is complicated in part because the US Secret Service has said Routh didn’t have a line of sight to Trump from where he was on the perimeter of the golf club, and that he didn’t fire a shot before a Secret Service officer fired at him and he fled the scene. This means that prosecutors will have to use other evidence to establish his intent that day. Palm Beach County State Attorney David Aronberg said federal investigators must have clear evidence that Routh intended to target Trump and took a substantial step toward that end if they want to bring the maximum charges against him.
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