Ryan Routh faces charges for allegedly aiming a rifle near Donald Trump's Florida golf course in a suspected assassination attempt. Routh, a convicted felon, had an SKS-style rifle with an obliterated serial number. He was arrested after a U.S. Secret Service agent fired at him, causing him to flee. The FBI is investigating the incident as a potential assassination attempt on Donald Trump ahead of the November 5th presidential election. It follows a similar incident two months earlier when a gunman wounded Trump during a rally.
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00:02Ryan Ruth faces charges for allegedly aiming a rifle near Donald Trump's Florida golf
00:07course in a suspected assassination attempt.
00:09Ruth, a convicted felon, had an SKS-style rifle with an obliterated serial number.
00:15He was arrested after a U.S. Secret Service agent fired at him, causing him to flee.
00:20The FBI is investigating the incident as a potential assassination attempt on Donald
00:24Trump ahead of the November 5th presidential election.
00:27It follows a similar incident two months earlier when a gunman wounded Trump during
00:30a rally.
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