Shooting suspect left behind disturbing anti-Trump letter: 'This was an assassination attempt'

Former President Donald Trump in Glendale, Arizona on August 23, 2024 (Gage Skidmore)
Alex Henderson
September 23, 2024Bank

After former President Donald Trump survived a second assassination attempt — this time, at his golf course in Palm Beach, Florida — the FBI launched an investigation of the suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh.

Now, according to Fox News and Forbes, more details are emerging about him — including a disturbing letter found in a box.

The handwritten read, "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."

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The letter, addressed to "the world," went on to say, "I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job."

Routh's attorney, according to Forbes, "did not immediately respond to a request for comment."

The first assassination attempt against Trump occurred in July at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

But the suspect in that incident, unlike Routh, was killed.

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