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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rhian Lubin

Second alleged Trump assassin writes jailhouse letter and name checks first gunman

The man charged with the second alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump has said he and the gunman who first tried to kill the president-elect in July were both “ready to die for freedom and democracy” in a bizarre letter written from prison.

Ryan Routh penned the letter from a federal detention center in Miami and addressed it to a Politico reporter prior to the presidential election.

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