According to a bombshell court filing from the Department of Justice, Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in the September Trump assassination attempt, communicated with a person he believed to be a Ukrainian with access to military-grade weapons and requested a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), lamenting that then-presidential nominee Donald Trump “is not good for Ukraine,” The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.
The DOJ court filing in the Southern District of Florida alleges that Routh messaged his contact, “send me an rpg or stinger and I will see what we can do…[Trump] is not good for Ukraine.” According to the filing, Routh added, “I need equipment so that Trump cannot get elected.”
Routh’s alleged discussion with the Ukrainian contact also included details about the price and shipment of weapons, according to prosecutors. The suspect also allegedly sent his Ukrainian…