Trump suspect pleads not guilty to attempted assassination
by Anna Betts and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6R47M)
Ryan Routh appears in court in Florida and pleads not guilty to federal charges including attempted assassination
The man who authorities say spent 12 hours camped outside Donald Trump's golf course before the Secret Service spotted him with a rifle pleaded not guilty on Monday to attempting to assassinate the former president as well as other federal charges.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, appeared briefly in the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday, days after a grand jury handed down a five-count indictment stemming from the second attempt on Trump's life since July.
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