After more than 200 days of silence and delay, Florida officials have finally filed charges against Ryan Routh, the man who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump during a golf outing in Palm Beach last September.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier made the announcement Thursday morning, emphasizing that progress was only made after the Biden administration left office. Uthmeier said his team faced relentless interference from Biden’s Department of Justice, led at the time by Attorney General Pam Bondi, which refused to cooperate during the early stages of the investigation.
“After 206 days of stonewalling by the federal government that stemmed from days of the Biden administration, I am able to now announce that my office is charging Mr. Routh for the attempted first-degree murder of President Trump, as well as a charge for terrorism,” Uthmeier said.
“My office and law enforcement partners were met with major roadblocks during Biden’s term. Biden and his DOJ tried to frustrate our efforts and block our investigation into the man who crossed into Florida to commit political violence. Thank God he failed.”
Now, under a new administration, Uthmeier says the federal government is finally cooperating.
“We now have a DOJ willing to work with us to pursue justice. We cannot allow justice to be delayed or denied.”
Earlier this week, shocking new court filings from the Department of Justice revealed that Routh attempted to obtain rocket-propelled grenades and other military-style weapons from a contact in Ukraine to carry out his plan to murder President Trump.
These disturbing developments raise serious questions about why the Biden DOJ obstructed this case for so long—and who else knew what, and when.
