Son of Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Wesley Routh arrested for child pornography

The son of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man charged with the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, was arrested for child pornography.

Oran Routh is in federal custody in North Carolina after his home in Guilford County was searched over the weekend.

Investigators found 'hundreds' of images linked to 'child exploitation'.

The two charges of receipt and possession of child pornography are unrelated to his father's case alleging he attempted to shoot and kill former president Trump at his West Palm Beach, Florida golf course earlier this month.

Oran Routh will make an initial appearance later on Tuesday afternoon. 

Prosecutor wrote in the criminal complaint that 'a review of the SD card located in Device-1 revealed that it contained hundreds of child pornography files.

'These files include videos from a known child pornography series created outside the state of North Carolina,' it adds.

The content was discovered on a Samsung Galaxy Note, referenced in the complaint, which was found inside Oran Routh's primary bedroom in his residence.

The complaint gave graphic descriptions of the videos and included details of a chat from July where the accused allegedly responded to someone advertising the illegal content for sale.

In court on Tuesday, prosecutors are expected to request Oran's continued detention. 

Oran's 58-year-old father was charged earlier this month with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

He left the firearm – an SKS rifle – at the scene where Routh was allegedly staked out for 12 hours waiting for the former president.

The FBI announced the day of the incident it was investigating it as an attempted assassination against Trump, and prosecutors said on Monday they intend to ask a grand jury to consider charging Routh with attempted assassinion.