The individual implicated in the second assassination attempt on former President Trump in Florida seems to have been meticulously tracking Mar-a-Lago and Trump's West Palm Beach golf course for an extended period.
It has been suggested by a judge and federal prosecutors that the suspect may have been plotting an escape to Mexico.
According to Fox News, the unfolding situation involves Ryan Routh, who is facing federal charges for possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number and illegal possession of a firearm as a felon. A federal judge decreed on Monday that Routh should remain in custody.
"Talk about a flight risk, I mean this guy he makes a great case on what a flight risk is," stated Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, a member of the bipartisan task force investigating the initial assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania.
A Justice Department document disclosed prior to Routh's court appearance on Monday revealed that a cell phone found in his vehicle during his September 15 arrest contained a Google search query on how to travel from Palm Beach County to Mexico.
"The FBI obtained cell site records for two of the cell phones found in the Nissan Xterra. The two cell phones are serviced by different carriers that utilize different cell towers," the document further elaborated.
The document also detailed that one of the phones had accessed cell towers near Trump International Golf Club and Mar-a-Lago, the former President's residence, on multiple occasions between August 18 and September 15, 2024.
"The agents also found 12 pairs of gloves; a Hawaii Drivers License in the Defendants name; a passport in the Defendants name," the document added.
Magistrate Judge Ryon McCabe, who concurred with the government's request to detain Routh pending the resolution of the charges against him, noted during Monday's hearing that Routh appeared to have been stalking Trump for a month.
Federal prosecutors informed the judge of their intention to request a grand jury to indict Routh on the far graver charge of attempted assassination of Trump, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
The Justice Department also disclosed a letter penned by Routh months before the assassination attempt on Monday.
"I certainly hope that this letter wasnt a bat call to the lunatics in our nation to follow his lead," Joyce commented on the letter. "You have people like the last two people who weve seen in these attempted assassinations and God forbid there be more out there so you really wouldn't want them to be doing that."
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