Accused would-be Trump assassin tried to buy Ukraine rocket launcher, filing says

Prosecutors say Ryan Routh made reconnaissance' trips before alleged incident in West Palm Beach in September

A man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump on a Florida golf course last summer tried to buy a rocket launcher as well as an anti-aircraft missile from a person he thought was a Ukrainian arms dealer, court papers filed on Monday assert.

The documents add substantial additional details to the justice department's case against Ryan Routh, 59, who allegedly made several reconnaissance" trips to West Palm Beach from his North Carolina home ahead of the alleged assassination attempt on 15 September last year.