Ryan Routh, who authorities say hid in the trees with a rifle at the former president’s golf club in Florida, previously wrote a letter saying “this was an assassination attempt,” federal prosecutors revealed Monday as a judge ordered he be held without bond.

The new allegations were included in a detention memo filed ahead of a hearing Monday at which the Justice Department was expected to argue that 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh should remain locked

House lawmakers will scrutinize this week how a senior FBI official now leading the investigation of the Trump assassination attempt in Florida was promoted despite allegations he retaliated against FBI personnel for their conservative political views.

The U.S. Justice Department plans to charge the man accused of hiding with a gun at former President Donald Trump's Florida golf course with attempting to assassinate a major political candidate, carrying a life sentence if convicted,

A judge has ordered the man charged in connection with the apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, Ryan Routh, to be held in jail until his trial date. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch reports on the decision and new details about Routh shared during a pre-trial hearing.

The man accused of plotting to take the life og former President Trump was ordered to be held in custody following a court hearing.

Ahead of a detention hearing Monday, federal prosecutors revealed that Ryan Wesley Routh, the 58-year-old man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his golf course in Florida,