On September 15, his father, Ryan Routh, was found in the bushes of the sixth hole of Trump International Golf Club with a scope and a rifle, apparent

FBI: After dad allegedly tried to shoot Trump, son arrested for child porn

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2024-09-24 23:30:06

On September 15, his father, Ryan Routh, was found in the bushes of the sixth hole of Trump International Golf Club with a scope and a rifle, apparently in a bid to assassinate Donald Trump, who was golfing that day.

As part of the ensuing federal investigation, the FBI raided the junior Routh's apartment on September 21. A Starbucks bag labeled "Oran" still sat on a dresser in one of the bedrooms while agents searched the home and Routh's person, looking for any evidence related to his father's actions. In the course of the search, they found one Galaxy Note 9 on Oran's person and another Galaxy Note 9 in a laptop bag.

On September 22, the FBI obtained a warrant to search the devices. The investigation of Oran Routh quickly moved in a different direction after the FBI said that it found "hundreds" of videos depicting the sexual abuse of prepubescent girls on an SD card in the Note 9 from the laptop bag.

The other Note 9, the one that Oran had with him when raided, contained not just downloaded files but also "chats from a messaging application that, based on my training and experience, is commonly used by individuals who distribute and receive child pornography," said an FBI agent in an affidavit. (The messaging app is not named.)