'Dear World': Justice Department releases note from would-be Trump assassin

Note was in a box dropped at the home of an unidentified person who contacted police after the arrest of Ryan Wesley Routh

WASHINGTON — The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump wrote a note months earlier saying that he intended to kill the former president, the Justice Department disclosed Monday in arguing that he should remain locked up as the case moves forward.

The note, addressed “Dear World,” was placed in a box that was dropped at the home of an unidentified person who contacted law enforcement officials after last Sunday’s arrest of Ryan Wesley Routh.