Would-Be Trump Assassin Offered $150K To 'Finish Job': Report

WEST PALM BEACH, FL — Ryan Wesley Routh, accused of attempting to shoot and assassinate former President Donald Trump earlier this month at his Florida golf club, offered $150,000 "to whomever can complete the job" in a note, the Associated Press reported Monday.

Routh, who supported Ukraine after the Russian invasion in 2022, never fired shots at Trump while at the golf course with a rifle, CNN reported in the past.

Routh, 58, was accused of leaving behind a note that stated he planned to kill Trump and in the case his attempt failed, "it is up to you now to finish the job," the Associated Press reported.

Routh also had a handwritten list of dates and venues for Trump appearances, the news outlet reported, citing Department of Justice officials.

“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job,” the note said, according to the Associated Press, citing prosecutors.

Routh was accused of leaving a box at a person's home with ammunition, four phones and various letters, NBC News reported.

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The person notified authorities on Sept. 18 that he dropped off the box several months prior; the person opened the box after learning of the apparent assassination attempt, NBC News reported. Routh's relation to the person is unknown.

Cellphone records showed Routh had been in West Palm Beach since leaving Greensboro, North Carolina, in mid-August and that he had been near Trump's golf club and Mar-a-Lago home multiple times between Aug. 18 and Sept. 15, the Associated Press reported.

Six cellphones, including one with the search history of ways to travel from Palm Beach County to Mexico, were located in Routh's Nissan Xterra, NBC News reported.

The FBI said Routh acted alone and had no accomplice.

The FBI’s analysis of cell phone data showed Routh camped out in a tree line at the Summit Boulevard golf course for nearly 12 hours before a U.S. Secret Service agent noticed a rifle sticking out of the tree line around 1:30 p.m., the FBI said in eight pages of charging documents, obtained by CNN. The FBI said Routh had been there since about 2 a.m.

Authorities previously confirmed the gun was an AK-style rifle.

After the agent shot in the direction of the rifle, Routh was accused of fleeing the scene in a Nissan SUV, which was reportedly his daughter's vehicle. A digital camera, two bags (including a backpack), a loaded SKS-style rifle with a scope and unreadable serial number and a black plastic bag with food was found at the scene, the FBI said in the documents.

Routh was arrested nearly an hour later during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 north in Martin County, the FBI said. Authorities alleged the Nissan's tag belonged to a stolen Ford truck.

A hearing for the accused gunman, who is facing federal charges of possession of a firearm while a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, is scheduled for Monday.

The incident took place on Sept. 15 while Trump, the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election, was playing a round of golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. He was not injured in the incident.

If convicted, Routh faces a combined maximum of 20 years in prison, $500,000 in fines and six years of supervised release, according to the charging documents.