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Gunman revealed Trump plot months before golf course arrest: DOJ

Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump walks offstage after speaking at a campaign rally at the Aero Center Wilmington on September 21, 2024 in Wilmington, North Carolina. [AFP]

The gunman suspected of planning to kill Donald Trump wrote a chilling letter months ago about an "assassination attempt" on the former president, US prosecutors said on Monday.

The correspondence emerged as Ryan Routh, 58, was due in court in southern Florida charged with two firearms offenses after he was arrested allegedly fleeing Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach on September 15.

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