The trial for the man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump on his golf course begins at the Federal District Court in Fort Pierce this week.

Prosecutors say Ryan Routh was hiding in the bushes with a rifle at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on September 15 last year. During a perimeter security sweep at the course with Trump just a hole away, prosecutors allege, a Secret Service agent saw the partially obscured face in the brush along the fence line near the sixth hole and a rifle aimed directly at him. The factual proffer states that the agent then fired at him, causing Routh to flee the area.

According to law enforcement, a witness came forward and said Routh left a box at his home months before the incident with a note that stated, "This was a

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