New Delhi, April 8 -- Ryan Routh, the suspect in a failed assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, tried to purchase a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) or a Stinger missile from Ukraine just weeks before the September 2024 incident, according to a Justice Department filing in the Southern District of Florida, according to a report.

Citing communications from an encrypted messaging app, the filing alleges that Ryan Routh, 58, sought military-grade weapons from someone he believed to be a Ukrainian weapons dealer. Prosecutors claim this is further evidence of Routh's intent to kill Trump, who was then the Republican nominee for President.

"I need equipment so that Trump cannot get elected," Routh allegedly told the individual i...