Feds say they will seek charge of attempted assassination against Trump golf course suspect

Washington — Federal prosecutors said Monday that they will seek to charge the suspect discovered by the Secret Service with a high-powered rifle in the bushes near former President Donald Trump with attempted assassination of a political figure.

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, already faces two federal firearms charges stemming from the Sept. 15 incident outside Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. He appeared in federal court Monday, during which a federal magistrate judge ordered he remained detained until trial. 

Routh was denied bond and deemed a flight risk and potential danger to the community. He is represented by a federal public defender, and his attorney's office said Monday morning that she wouldn't be commenting.