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Ryan Routh was camped out for 12 hours and didn't have Trump in his line of sight when Secret Service fired at him

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Ryan Wesley Routh , 58 , turned against Trump in part for foreign policy reasons, court papers say.

He was arrested Sunday at the West Palm Beach , Florida , golf course where Trump was playing.

Routh is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of an obliterated serial number.

In a self-published book, Routh said he voted for Trump in 2016 and came to regret it.

Routh had more than 100 run-ins with the law but never did any time.

Court records show he was convicted of illegally possessing a machine gun in 2002 .

Routh still has kin in Greensboro , North Carolina , according to a public records search.

He disparaged President Joe Biden as “Sleepy Joe ” and President Trump as a “fool’s fool”.