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chinanews.com, september 24. according to foreign media reports, on the 23rd local time, a florida judge ruled that ryan rouse, a suspect in the assassination of former president trump, could not be released on bail before trial. shortly before the order was announced, prosecutors stated in court documents that rouse had stalked trump in florida for as long as a month before his arrest.

according to court documents, routh's cell phone records showed that he left greensboro, north carolina, for west palm beach, florida on august 14. in addition, between august 18 and september 15, routh's cell phone was repeatedly connected to cell phone towers near the trump international golf links and mar-a-lago in palm beach.

court documents also show that routh wrote in a handwritten letter: "this was an assassination attempt on trump, but i'm sorry to disappoint you. i did my best."

on september 15, routh was arrested while fleeing his hideout outside trump's golf course with a handwritten list of dates and locations of events trump was attending or expected to attend in august, september and october 2024.

court documents state that three days after routh was arrested, a witness contacted investigators and said that "roth had placed a box at his residence several months ago. it contained ammunition, metal pipes, construction materials, tools, four cell phones and multiple letters."