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Donald Trump on Monday blamed what appeared to be a second assassination attempt on a “speech” by US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Republican candidate confirmed via Fox News that the suspect in the incident “believed in Biden and Harris’ rhetoric and acted on it,” adding that “their rhetoric led to me being shot.”
The suspect, who was arrested on Sunday as part of an investigation into an alleged assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, was charged on Monday with illegal possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon with a serial number erased.
The two charges were brought against Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, an American who is loyal to Ukraine in the war with Russia, during his first appearance before a federal judge in Florida (southeast).
