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Rachel Leingang

Far-right conspiracies abound after second apparent Trump assassination attempt

Law enforcement agents check a former home of a suspect in the apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Law enforcement agents check a former home of a suspect in the apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Photograph: Jonathan Drake/Reuters

After a man who appears to be obsessive about the war in Ukraine was arrested for allegedly attempting to assassinate Donald Trump on Sunday, rumors and conspiracy theories have spread online attempting to tie Democrats to the two assassination attempts on the former president this election.

Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect charged with gun-related crimes on Monday, previously conducted media interviews about his efforts to recruit volunteer fighters, particularly from Afghanistan, to help Ukraine in its war against Russia. Routh also apparently self-published an e-book on Ukraine in which he said that Iran was “free to assassinate Trump as well as me”, according to media reports.

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