WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man who authorities say and was indicted Tuesday on charges that he attempted to assassinate a major presidential candidate.
had been initially charged with two federal firearms offenses. The upgraded charges reflect the Justice Department's assessment that he methodically plotted to kill the Republican nominee, aiming a rifle through the shrubbery surrounding Trump's West Palm Beach golf course on an afternoon Trump was playing on it. Routh left behind a note in which he described his intention.
Eric Tucker And Curt Anderson, The Associated Press
