Man who staked out Trump at golf course charged with attempting assassination

Ryan Wesley Routh had been initially charged with two federal firearms offences
Man who staked out Trump at golf course charged with attempting assassination
Ryan Wesley Routh has been charged (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida, and wrote of his desire to kill him, was indicted on Tuesday on charges that he attempted to assassinate a major presidential candidate.

Ryan Wesley Routh had been initially charged with two federal firearms offences.

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