BREAKING: Feds Charge Routh With Attempted Assassination

The indictment, unsealed Tuesday, alleges that Ryan Wesley Routh "did intentionally attempt to kill Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump, a major Presidential candidate" when he was camped out near where Trump was golfing on Sept. 15 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The charges carries a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted.

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It also added two other charges - possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer. 

Ed Morrissey

The grand jury did its job, and so did the prosecutors. They charged Routh with the self-evident crimes at hand to keep him detained while they got the indictment using the normal process. And guess which judge drew the assignment? 

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