Trump assassination attempt live updates: Suspect charged with two gun crimes

Where some see a crisis (or take even a second to process trauma or reflect on their own mortality), he sees an opportunity.

Donald Trump’s supporters have wasted no time in spreading baseless conspiracy theories after an apparent assassination attempton Sunday.

The loudest voice of all is that of far-right activist Laura Loomer, who has posted dozens of times on X since a suspected gunman allegedly took aim at the former president at his Florida Trump National Golf resort in West Palm Beach.

“Coincidence? Or coordination?” wrote the conspiracy theorist in an X post on Sunday evening.

Here’s more from Myriam Page.

Richard Rowe will meet with the Republican nominee at Mar-a-Lago shortly to get his side of the story.

You can read the official indictment here as Ryan Wesley Routh is charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number during his Florida court appearance just now.

A detention hearing has been set for September 23 and his arraignment is scheduled for September 30.

Here’s Ariana Baio’s report.

The Republican presidential nominee said this to Fox News Digital earlier, alluding to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris calling him a “threat to democracy” (he has said himself that he plans to be “a dictator on day one” and discussing tearing up the US Constitution but hey ho…).

“These are people that want to destroy our country,” Trump told Fox.

“It is called the enemy from within. They are the real threat.”

Don Jr has likewise been taking up this line and Doug Collins and others have taken to the same network to blame “liberal name calling” for the threats against Trump, as though no MAGA conservative would ever dream of trash-talking an opponent.

Speaking as he left the White House this morning, President Joe Biden again expressed his relief and thanked God that Trump had not been harmed, said he had not yet received a full report on yesterday’s events and commented that the much-criticised US Secret Service might require more support.

“One thing I want to make clear: the Service needs more help,” the commander-in-chief said.

“And I think that Congress should respond to their needs if they in fact need more service people.

“They’re deciding whether they need more personnel or not.”

Routh is “wearing dark prison scrubs and with his hands and feet shackled”, per CNN.

Martin County Sheriff’s Office released this new photo of the suspect a little while ago.