The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of former US President Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida left behind a note saying that he intended to kill the political candidate and kept in his car a handwritten list of dates and venues where Trump was to appear, the Justice Department has said.
The new allegations were included in a detention memo filed ahead of a hearing on Monday at which the Justice Department was expected to argue that 58-year-old Ryan Routh should remain locked up as the case moves forward.
The details are meant to buttress prosecutors’ assertions that Routh is a threat to public safety and has a premeditated plan to kill Trump, a plot officials say was thwarted a week ago by a Secret Service agent who spotted a rifle poking out of shrubbery on the West Palm Beach golf course where Trump was playing.
The note was placed in a box dropped off months earlier at the home of an unidentified person who did not open it until after Routh’s arrest on September 15. The box also contained ammunition, a metal pipe, building materials, tools, phones and various letters.
One note, addressed “Dear World”, appears to have been premised on the idea that the assassination attempt would be unsuccessful.
“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. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job,” the note said, according to prosecutors.
An attorney for Routh did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Monday morning.
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