Fla. State Atty to Newsmax: More Charges Likely for Would-be Trump Assassin

David Aronberg, the Democrat state attorney for Florida’s Palm Beach County, told Newsmax on Monday he expects more charges to be delivered against Ryan Wesley Routh, the alleged gunman involved in a possible second assassination attempt in two months against former President Donald Trump on Sunday.

Routh, 58, made his initial court appearance earlier in the day and was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession and receipt of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

If convicted, Routh, who is being held at Palm Beach County jail, faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the first charge and five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the second, according to the criminal complaint.

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