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The interview was "brief" and conducted ahead of Routh saying he had lined up a two-hour meeting with members of Congress regarding Ukraine. The reporter noted in his essay it’s unclear if Routh ever had the meeting, and that the discussion left him thinking Routh "was in way over his head." "He talked of buying off corrupt officials, forging passports and doing whatever it took to get his Afghan cadre to Ukraine, but he had no real way to accomplish his goals. At one point he mentioned arranging a U.S. military transport flight from Iraq to Poland with Afghan refugees willing to fight," Gibbons-Neff wrote. "I shook my head. It sounded ridiculous, but the tone in Mr. Routh’s voice said otherwise. He was going to back Ukraine’s war effort, no matter what." The reporter said that Routh "fell off the map" following the publication last year, "until Sunday."
Routh headed to federal court Monday morning, where he was seen smiling and laughing before his first court appearance.
He faces charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Authorities said he could be hit with additional charges.
Trump has since blamed Democratic rhetoric promoted by President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the attempt on his life. Trump survived another assassination attempt in July, when a gunman opened fire on a campaign rally in Pennsylvania and hit Trump in the ear.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-shooting-plot-suspect-routh-interviewed-nyt-ukraine-war-efforts-2023-sounded-ridiculous