Mugshot of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of assassinating Trump, released

On Wednesday evening, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office released a mugshot of the suspect in the latest assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, is a convicted felon charged with possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. He was taken into custody Sunday after allegedly hiding in some bushes outside a Florida golf course with a rifle and scope while Trump golfed a few hundred yards away. Routh did not fire any shots and fled the scene after a Secret Service agent spotted him and opened fire on him, authorities said. They had not announced a possible motive in the case Wednesday evening. Routh has espoused a variety of political beliefs on social media in recent years and spoke of feeling betrayed by Trump in 2020 after voting for him four years earlier. In a self-published book last year, he suggested Iran should “feel free to assassinate Trump” after the former president withdrew from a nuclear deal in 2018.