Son of Alleged Trump Assassin Arrested for Child Pornography

The son of alleged would-be Trump assas­sin Ryan Wes­ley Routh was arrest­ed Tues­day morn­ing on child pornog­ra­phy charges after the feds found hun­dreds of sick images when they searched his phone fol­low­ing his dad’s arrest.

Federal Investigation Uncovers Disturbing Findings

Oran Routh is accused in a North Car­oli­na fed­er­al court of receiv­ing and pos­sess­ing child porn – a fact which the feds dis­cov­ered on Sept. 21 when they were search­ing his Greens­boro home in con­nec­tion to a sep­a­rate inves­ti­ga­tion, accord­ing to a crim­i­nal complaint.

Alleged Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump

Oran is the son of Ryan Routh, who is accused of try­ing to kill for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump while he was golf­ing at his club in West Palm Beach, Flori­da on Sept. 15. 

Body cam footage released by the Mar­tin Coun­ty Sher­iff shows the arrest of Ryan Routh on that date.

Premeditated Attack on Trump

Ryan Wes­ley Routh is accused of try­ing to kill for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump over his views on Rus­sia and the Ukraine war, as well as oth­er for­eign pol­i­cy mat­ters, accord­ing to fed­er­al prosecutors. 

Routh alleged­ly sent a let­ter to a friend acknowl­edg­ing his attempt­ed assassination.

Disturbing Discovery of Child Pornography

The feds searched Oran’s sec­ond-floor rental unit, find­ing elec­tron­ic devices includ­ing a Sam­sung Galaxy Note 9 that con­tained “hun­dreds of child pornog­ra­phy files,” the court papers claim. The videos show chil­dren as young as 6 being sex­u­al­ly abused, accord­ing to the complaint.

Ongoing Criminal Investigation

It was not imme­di­ate­ly known who was rep­re­sent­ing Oran in the crim­i­nal case. The inves­ti­ga­tion into the dis­turb­ing alle­ga­tions is ongoing.