Trump golf-course suspect left note saying he intended to kill ex-president, prosecutors say

A suspected gunman arrested adjacent Donald Trump's golf-course wrote a enactment months earlier saying helium intended to termination the erstwhile president, a tribunal filing shows.

"This was an assassination effort connected Donald Trump," the enactment says.

In tribunal documents filed connected Monday, prosecutors said the missive was dropped disconnected astatine the location of a witnesser respective months earlier the 15 September incidental successful Florida.

Ryan Routh, 58, is expected to look astatine a national tribunal aboriginal connected Monday and could look further charges.

He is truthful acold facing 2 national weapon transgression charges.

The pre-written enactment appears to pre-empt a failed assassination attempt. "I failed you. I tried my champion and gave it each the gumption I could muster," it reads.

The tribunal documents filed by prosecutors successful enactment of Mr Routh's continued pre-trial detention noted that a container containing the missive - arsenic good arsenic ammunition, gathering materials, tools and 4 phones were dropped disconnected astatine the location of the unnamed witnesser earlier the incident.

Mr Routh has been held successful jailhouse since his apprehension connected 15 September, erstwhile constabulary accidental helium was seen with an SKS-style firearm successful foliage adjacent Trump's play nine successful West Palm Beach.

The tribunal documents besides bespeak helium had 11 rounds successful the incident, 1 of which was chambered successful the rifle.

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