Summary
- Ryan Wesley Routh, suspected of planning to assassinate former President Donald Trump, had been reported to U.S. federal officials prior to his arrest in Florida.
- Routh is an outspoken leftist with a felony conviction and faces 20 years in prison on weapons charges alone.
- He traveled to Ukraine after the Russian invasion and was considered a “fraudster” by some.
- Concerns about Routh were raised by individuals including a nurse who encountered him in Ukraine.