By Erika Hernandez
Sep 24, 2024, 3:01 PM EDT
The son of Ryan Routh, the man arrested in connection with the second apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, has been arrested on federal charges of possession of child pornographyaccording to authorities.
Investigators say they discovered hundreds of files containing child pornography during a search of Oran Routh’s residence in Guilford County, North Carolina, on Saturday, conducted “in connection with an unrelated investigation into child exploitation.”
The two charges he faces include receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
The “unrelated investigation” concerned Routh’s father, who remains in custody after a judge ordered him held pending trial on Monday, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Carolina confirmed to ABC News.
Investigators said the pornography was found on a Samsung Galaxy Note device located inside Oran Routh’s master bedroom at the residence, as well as on another Galaxy Note device in Routh’s possession.
“A review of the SD card located in Device-1 revealed that contained hundreds of files of child pornography”These files include videos from a well-known child pornography series created outside of the state of North Carolina,” prosecutors wrote in the criminal complaint.
The complaint included graphic descriptions of the videos and a chat from July in which Oran Routh allegedly responded to someone advertising the content for sale.
Oran Routh is scheduled to make an initial appearance in federal court in North Carolina later Tuesday.
Oran Routh has a criminal history, including arrests in 2015 and 2016 for drunken driving, assault of a woman and interference with an emergency communication, online records show.
His father, Ryan Routh, 58, has been charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number for the incident that took place at Trump International Golf Club on Sept. 15.
Prosecutors said Monday they intend to ask a grand jury to consider a charge that Ryan Routh attempted to assassinate Trump.
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