FBI: Son of suspect in Trump assassination attempt arrested on child pornography charges
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- Sep 25, 2024
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WINSTON-SALEM â A Greensboro man who is the son of the person suspected in the latest assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump appeared in federal court here Tuesday afternoon after being charged earlier in the day with felony possession of child pornography.
Oran Alexander Routh, 35, came under scrutiny one week after federal investigators searched his Greensboro residence âin connection with an investigation unrelated to child exploitation,â a federal criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina said.
Presumably, the search was related to the arrest of his father, Ryan Routh, charged in the attempted assassination case, though no federal officials have discussed the motives for the search.
The search, however, led agents to uncover hundreds of files on cellphones in Oran Routhâs possession depicting child sexual abuse, court documents show.
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Before the proceedings began, he chatted audibly with his lawyer, Lisa Costner. At one point, he regaled her with a story about having formerly been a fire performer. Recent internet searches for Routh list him as a customer service representative for a cellular telephone company.
FBI investigators, led by Garrett Woo, a special agent at the FBIâs Charlotte office, seized electronic devices including two cellphones on which Routh received explicit videos in July.
Additionally, there was evidence the younger Routh had used a chat app popular with people who share child pornography, according to the complaint.
The first phone that agents examined was a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 belonging to Routh that contained hundreds of child pornography files, the complaint said.
A second Samsung Galaxy Note 9 also held images of child pornography.
Woo said he further discovered messages on the phone from an app commonly used by people who distribute and receive child pornography.
Routh is being held by federal authorities at an undisclosed location, according to Kim Garrett, a spokesperson for the federal court district. He is slated to appear in Greensboroâs federal court on Oct. 1 for a preliminary hearing at which his pretrial detention will be determined.
Oran Routhâs father, Ryan Wesley Routh, has been charged with federal gun offenses in connection to the attempted assassination at Trumpâs Florida golf course earlier this month. Prosecutors have indicated much more serious charges are coming.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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