You’ve got to be nuts to take a shot at a presidential candidate, especially when that candidate is a former president, and even more so when he has just survived a previous such attempt. It stands to reason that the Secret Service would be on their toes after the first attempt, right?
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But Ryan Routh, on September 15, 2024, was set up in a hedge on a Florida golf course to do just that. Fortunately for President Trump and the country, a sharp-eyed Secret Service agent spotted his sniper’s nest and opened fire, prompting Routh to flee. He was later captured and is now facing charges, but he’s no less nuts, as a recent letter he has written to presiding Judge Aileen Cannon proves.
Ryan Routh, the accused would-be assassin of President Donald Trump, has written an unusual letter to the judge asking why the death penalty isn’t on the