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Suspected gunman Ryan Routh was charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction over 20 years ago

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Ryan Wesley Routh was charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction in 2002 .

He was arrested after a Secret Service agent spotted a rifle sticking out of a perimeter fence on the Trump International Golf Club in Florida on Sunday .

The FBI has said they are investigating “what appears to be an attempted assassination” of Trump .

There is no evidence that Routh traveled to Ukraine or was successful at recruitment. Social media accounts that appear to be controlled by Routh have been taken down, but were reportedly full of erratic posts espousing Covid conspiracies, threats against Russia , and in support of politicians of a variety of ideologies. Additional reporting by David Gilbert ..

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English

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