Florida Attorney General Moody announces felony charges against Ryan Routh

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : Routh was initially charged in a criminal complaint only with gun offenses before federal prosecutors pursued additional charges before a grand jury in Miami.
34% : On Sept. 30, Routh was indicted on five counts, including an assassination attempt on a former president, assaulting a federal officer and three firearms charges in what federal investigators say was an assassination attempt on Trump.
30% : Two days later, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that the state would investigate the assassination attempt against Trump.
27% : This incident occurred two months after Trump was shot and wounded in the ear in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
24% : Editor's note: A previous version of this story reported that Routh's state charges were for the attempted assassination itself, but they are actually related to a traffic accident that injured a 6-year-old girl after he allegedly fled the area in South Florida where officials say he was seen stalking Trump.
21% : During a press conference on Wednesday, Moody announced that Florida has charged Routh with attempted felony murder related to a traffic accident that injured a 6-year-old girl after he allegedly fled the area in South Florida where officials say he was seen stalking Trump.
8% : Prosecutors have said that he had written of his plans to kill Trump in a handwritten note months before his arrest in which he referred to his actions as a failed "assassination attempt on Donald Trump" and offered $150,000 for anyone who could "finish the job."

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