Former President Donald Trump’s son said Monday that the Department of Justice is putting his father’s “life even more at risk” by releasing a letter from attempted assassin Ryan Routh allegedly promising $150,000 to anyone who could successfully assassinate Trump.
“This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I failed you,” Routh allegedly wrote in the letter, which the Justice Department released during Routh’s pretrial detention hearing Monday. “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 Justice Department said that publishing the letter will “assist counsel and the Court.” But Donald Trump Jr. disagrees, telling The Daily Wire that publishing the bounty letter puts his father in even more danger than before.
“For the life of me, I…
