Routh's arrest came two months after Trump was shot and wounded in the ear in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service acknowledged failings leading up to that shooting but has said security worked as it should have to thwart the potential Florida attack.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced last week that an arrest warrant has been issued for Ryan Routh, accused of being the would-be assassin of former President Donald J. Trump. The warrant charges Routh with attempted felony murder in connection with a traffic accident that gravely injured a six-year-old girl during his attempted