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chinanews.com reported on september 17 that on the 16th local time, the suspect in the "suspected assassination attempt" of former us president trump, rouse, appeared in the west palm beach district court in florida. according to the indictment documents released that day, the suspect had stayed near the local trump national golf club for nearly 12 hours.

on the afternoon of the 15th, the u.s. secret service foiled a suspected assassination plot against trump in west palm beach. the white house said that u.s. president biden and vice president harris had been informed of the incident, and the former said that he would ensure that the u.s. secret service had all the resources needed to protect trump's safety. at present, trump is safe and the suspect has been arrested.

　who is the suspect?

according to reports from abc and other us media, the suspect is a 58-year-old man named routh. he was charged with multiple crimes including possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an erased serial number.

the report also said that as the investigation continues and the justice department seeks a grand jury indictment, routh may face "more and more serious charges."

according to the bbc, laws has the following criminal records:

in 2002, he was convicted of possessing a fully automatic machine gun in greensboro, north carolina.

in 2010, he was convicted in north carolina of multiple counts of possession of stolen property.

in 2019, the fbi also received a tip that routh was a felon in possession of a gun.

according to us media reports, on the ukrainian issue, rous was an "enthusiastic supporter" of ukraine and even wanted to go to the front line to fight, but he was unable to do so due to his age and lack of military experience. he then began to use social media to recruit soldiers for ukraine.

national public radio (npr) also pointed out that rouse has gone from a "trump supporter" to a "trump critic." since 2019, he has made a total of $140 in small donations to the democratic party and voted in person during the north carolina democratic primary in march 2024.

what happens next?

many american media outlets have noticed that after the "assassination" incident, many trump supporters gathered near mar-a-lago in florida and around the golf club that is under investigation.

according to reports, some people wore hats with slogans such as "make america great again", while others waved posters with slogans such as "america first" and american flags.

the british broadcasting corporation (bbc) quoted a west palm beach district court judge as saying that routh will appear in court again on september 23rd local time, and the suspect will not be released on bail before the detention hearing on the 23rd.

the report also stated that routh did not enter a defense when he appeared in court, and the suspect's trial lasted less than 10 minutes. other us media quoted local court sources as saying that if routh is convicted, he will face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $500,000.

currently, the fbi is leading the investigation into this case.