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The man suspected of orchestrating the second attempt on Donald Trump’s life in as many months reportedly penned a note in which he appears to have admitted his intention to kill the former president.
Ryan Routh, who’s currently awaiting trial on federal gun charges in Florida, is understood to have left a letter in a box with an unidentified person some months prior to the incident on Sept. 15, when he was apprehended by Secret Service agents after allegedly fleeing a sniper’s nest near the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach.
“Dear World, This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you," the letter said, "according to a court filing seen by the Washington Post. "I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster.”
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