Ryan Wesley Routh, Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, has written a chilling letter admitting his attempt to end the former president’s life failed.
Routh also offered $150,000 to whoever “could get the job done,” according to the memo released Monday by the Justice Department and obtained by DailyMail.com.
“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I let you down. I did my best and gave all the courage I could muster. Now it’s up to you to get the job done; and I’m offering $150,000 to whoever can get the job done,” the letter reads.
The letter was addressed to “the world” and said that Trump “broke ties with Iran like a child and now the Middle East is falling apart.”
Routh, 58, also had a list of Trump’s upcoming public appearances and had Googled a route from Palm Beach, Florida, to Mexico.
He is due in federal court on Monday for a detention hearing in the Sept. 15 attempted murder at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
Donald Trump’s alleged would-be assassin Ryan Wesley Routh penned chilling letter admitting he failed to end the former president’s life
Routh also offered $150,000 to anyone who could “get the job done,” according to the memo released Monday by the Justice Department and obtained by DailyMail.com.
Ahead of that appearance, federal prosecutors filed a written factual document providing new details about the day Routh tried to assassinate Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course.
The Justice Department not only presented the evidence against Routh, but also argued that he should remain detained as the case proceeds.
The document shows that a Secret Service agent was driving on the fence between Trump’s race track and the public road, one gap ahead of the former president, when he “observed the partially obscured face of a man in the brush along the fence.”
The man was later identified as Routh.
The officer then saw a gun barrel sticking out and shot the suspect.
The officer then took cover behind a tree and reloaded his weapon, then looked up and saw that Routh was gone.
Routh was standing in direct view of the 6th green. Trump was playing on the 5th hole at the time of the incident. Secret Service agents pushed him off the course when they heard the shots fired by their fellow agent on the 6th hole.
Police officers stand outside the Paul G Rogers Federal Building US Courthouse for the public for Ryan W. Routh
After the officer fired, a witness saw Routh running down Summit Boulevard toward a black Nissan Xterra with Florida plates parked nearby.
The witness took photos of the Nissan Xterra and wrote down every digit of the license plate except the last one. Using that information, local police were able to locate the vehicle and arrest Routh.
Authorities found six cell phones in the vehicle, one of which contained “a Google search about how to travel from Palm Beach County to Mexico.”
Also found in the vehicle were 12 pairs of gloves, a Hawaiian driver’s license in Routh’s name and a list of Trump’s public appearances in August, September and October.
In addition, a notebook was found containing “dozens of pages of names and phone numbers about Ukraine, discussions about how to fight on Ukraine’s behalf, and notes criticizing the governments of China and Russia.”
On September 18, police were contacted by a witness who said that Routh had delivered a box to his home a few months earlier. After seeing the news about what had happened at the golf course, the witness opened the box.
Among its contents was a chilling letter addressed to “The World,” in which Routh announced his intentions to assassinate the former president — and predicted he would fail. He then offered a six-figure sum to anyone who would complete the task.
“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I let you down. I did my best and gave you all the courage I could muster. Now it’s up to you to get the job done; and I’m offering $150,000 to whoever can get the job done,” he says in the handwritten note.
‘Everyone around the world, from young to old, knows that Trump is unfit to be anything, let alone the President of the United States. At the very least, American presidents should embody the moral fabric of America and be kind, caring, selfless, and always stand up for humanity.’
The box also contained ammunition, a metal pipe, various building materials, tools, four telephones and several letters.