In a sensational prison letter to a reporter from the Federal Detention Center in Miami, Ryan Wesley Routh raged about his twisted motives for killing 78-year-old Trump.
November 18, 2024, published at 6:20 am ET
The man arrested after allegedly hiding in one of Donald Trump’s golf courses with a gun and who planned to assassinate the president-elect has spoken out from behind bars, detailing how he fears he could be exterminated ahead of his trial.
In a sensational prison letter to a reporter from the federal detention center in Miami, Ryan Wesley Routh ranted about his twisted motives for killing Trump, 78.
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Routh was charged with the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, “which strikes at the core of our democratic system,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said.
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He also predicted whose life will now be at stake after his own dramatic arrest at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach September 15.
“Human rights, freedom and democracy should always be at the top of everyone’s list of primary concerns, and hopefully one for which the majority of Americans are willing to fight and die,” Routh wrote in the letter. RadarOnline.com has obtained exclusively.
He added: “I am certainly ready and willing to die for these principles.”
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A federal grand jury in Miami has charged Routh, 58, with attempting to assassinate President Donald J. Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 15.
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According to federal attorneys, Routh sneaked into the bushes and pointed an SKS-style semiautomatic rifle through a fence at the former president, who has since won an award. second term in the White House.
Investigators said Routh fled the scene after a Secret Service agent fired four bullets, but was later apprehended.
The 58-year-old from Hawaii has pleaded not guilty to a slew of charges but could face life in prison if convicted.
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Trump was golfing at Trump International on September 15, and a Secret Service agent conducting a security sweep spotted the partially hidden face of a man — later identified as Routh — in the brush along the fence near the sixth hole.
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In a letter to an experienced reporter Douglas MonteroRouth compared Trump’s 2024 election campaign to a “coup” and expressed fears of a possible civil war and foreign forces hunting Americans on U.S. soil.
But Routh also accused his fellow citizens of being “uneducated idiots” and “whiny babies.”
Moreover, the madman pompously bragged that he could do more for America in “one week” than Trump did in his first four-year term.
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In a handwritten letter from Routh addressed to “Dear World,” he stated, in part, “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I’m so sorry I let you down.”
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During an earlier court hearing, attorneys alleged that a witness provided letters purportedly written by Routh, including one addressed to “The World.”
That note shockingly read: “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I failed you. I did my best and gave everything I could muster. It is now up to you to complete the job, and I will offer $150,000 to whoever can complete the job.”
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Routh was charged with attempted murder of a major presidential candidate, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer (a Secret Service agent), felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with a destroyed serial number.
Prosecutors had warned that Routh could be verbally removed from his cell and asked a judge to limit his access to case materials amid concerns that he could incite violence against Trump.
But lawyers for the former roofer, a convicted felon, argued that would violate his rights to free speech and due process.
Now, in his latest unhinged letter, Routh suggested that his own life could be ended if one of the “nufs” in prison stabs him to death.
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