Son of would-be Trump assassin arrested for child pornography possession

The son of the man arrested in connection with the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has been charged with receipt and possession of child pornography.

Investigators said they discovered the pornography files on Samsung Galaxy Note devices when searching Oran Routh's residence in Guilford County, North Carolina, as part their investigation into his father, Ryan Routh. 

The father has so far been charged on two federal gun counts in connection with the Sept. 15 incident, in which Routh, armed with an AK-47, hid outside the Trump International Golf Club, in West Palm Beach, Florida, to try to shoot Trump, now the GOP presidential nominee.

Federal prosecutors said they're trying to build a case against Routh to charge him with attempting to assassinate Trump. 

The search of the son's home occurred Saturday, and he remains in custody, according to ABC News. 

"A review of the SD card located in Device-1 revealed that it contained hundreds of child pornography files," wrote prosecutors in the criminal complaint. "These files include videos from a known child pornography series created outside the state of North Carolina."