US prosecutors have filed gun charges against the man suspected of an apparent effort to kill Donald Trump, the second attempted assassination against the Republican presidential candidate in just over two months.
Ryan Wesley Routh, of Hawaii, was charged on Monday with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession and receipt of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, as he made his initial court appearance in Florida.
The federal charges came less than 24 hours after Routh was spotted by Secret Service agents who were protecting Trump as he played golf in Florida, thwarting the apparent bid to assassinate the former president.