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The suspect. Ryan Routh is only facing weapons charges because he didn't fire any shots at the former president. And we're learning through social media that Routh is very vocal about politics and critical of politicians regardless of their party. That's Ryan Wesley Routh standing outside the US Capitol more than *** year ago. The picture from *** linkedin post. Ralph also posted *** picture of himself in Ukraine's capital. *** self proclaimed human rights and political activist, Ralph lived in North Carolina most of his life, working as *** contractor and owning *** roofing business. He moved to Hawaii in 2018 where he owns *** business with one of his sons that builds storage units and tiny houses in Hawaii. Ralph was on Twitter writing in his profile quote, I feel lucky to have been born in America with freedom and opportunity and hope that I do not waste such *** valuable thing. The national investigative unit recovered hundreds of posts from his now removed account some in 2020 showing he was supporting Bernie Sanders. Another tweet saying he supported Donald Trump in 2016. His voting record shows he's unaffiliated and in recent years. His social media posts support Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on X Ralph once invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to come on vacation in Hawaii in hopes of building *** friendly bond between the dictator and Americans. More recently, he publicly tried to recruit volunteer soldiers to go overseas. His phone line for recruits still active sending soldiers to Ukraine as well as Taiwan. If you like to volunteer, please send me *** message. Routh went to Ukraine in 2022 to aid in its defense against Russia's invasion. But Ukraine's international legion confirmed with CNN. Routh was never part of the military there or *** confirmed volunteer long before his arrest Sunday in Florida. Ralph had *** deep criminal history dating back to 1998. In 2002, he faced firearm charges including one charge of possessing *** weapon of mass destruction, which *** local newspaper article said was *** machine gun during *** traffic stop and standoff. However, 11 years prior in 1991 Routh won *** law enforcement Oscar and was regarded as *** super citizen for helping catch *** suspected rapist and aiding with the investigation. In addition to criminal cases, we also found civil cases mostly against Ralph because of his business ventures. Most of that was clients not satisfied with his work in Washington, helping you get the facts. I'm national investigative correspondent John Cardelli.