Ryan Routh to stand trial for alleged Trump assassination attempt

This week, a man accused of assassinating President Donald Trump in last September will be tried in Florida.

In another assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, a bullet, which occurred only weeks after Trump grazing his ear, underlined political violence in the United States. Both incidents launched an intensive examination of the US Secret Service and the ability to protect high -profile candidates such as Trump.

The suspect in the heart of this case, Ryan Wesley Routh, It will represent itself in what may become an unusual case. He claimed he was not guilty.

59 -year -old Routh is a northern Carolina native, but he lived in Hawaii before the alleged assassination attempt. He had a history of crime before and was a supporter of Ukraine in his war against Russia.

Here is what you need to know about the case.

The incident occurred on September 15, 2024 because Trump was campaigning to recapture the White House.

According to the court documents, President Trump was throwing golf at Florida, West Palm Beach, when a US secret service agency detected the face of a man around the property. The man was later described as Routh.

Federal prosecutors saw Routh fired the agent and a witness ran him along a black Nissan Xterra. Local law enforcement officers later caught him in Interstate 95.

The agents with the Federal Investigation Bureau found a scope and an extended magazine in the region where Routh was hiding and found a semi -automatic rifle with an extended magazine.

They also found documents with a list of events that Trump emerged or expected to emerge in the coming months. According to the law enforcement officers, another witness had left a box for months ago, that it contained a note, “This was an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump, but I’m so sorry that I failed you.”

Trump was playing golf at that time, but he didn’t contact Routh.

By attempting an assassination of a presidential candidate, the government accused of having firearms in the progress of violence, having a federal officer, having a fiery weapons and ammunition, and having a fiery weapon with Oblterred serial number.

Routh claimed that he wasn’t guilty of the charges last year. While waiting for the trial, he was held in prison in Florida.

Routh’s trial begins on Monday (September 8th) at a federal court in Florida, Fort Pierce.

The jury will start with the selection of the opening statements.

The hearing will be held at the federal court where President Trump himself was allegedly kept classified from the first period of the White House. This case ended after Trump was re -elected.

Judge Ailenen Cannon, who controls Trump’s case and finally rejected, will chair the hearing of Routh. Trump appointed Judge Cannon on the Federal Bank in his first period.

Routh made an unusual decision It represents itself in the trial.

In a letter to the court, he said, “A random foreign thinking that doesn’t know who I am for me is absurd from the beginning.”

He also said that he and his lawyers were “one million miles apart” and did not answer their questions.

Judge Cannon will allow Routh to represent himself, but he said to him, “I strongly recommend that you do not make this decision.”

He ordered that a lawyer would be “much better” and to stand for the legal adviser who was appointed to the court.