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The man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after being found guilty of all counts on Tuesday.

Officers quickly swarmed him and dragged him out of the courthouse.

The jury of five men and seven women found Ryan Routh guilty on all counts that he was facing after 2 hours of deliberation.

After the jurors were on their way out of the courtroom, Routh tried to stab himself in the neck. He grabbed a pen and started trying to stab himself in the neck. Marshals swarmed him and picked him up and dragged him out of the courthouse.

His daughter Sara Routh was screaming, “Dad I love you don’t do anything. I’ll get you out. He didn’t hurt anybody.”

She continued screaming inside the courtroom as her father was dragged out. She said the case against him was rigged. The daughter went outside the courthouse and was waiting by the guard gate for her father to be driven out and transported to prison.

Routh had been charged with attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges and defended himself in court.

Prosecutors said Routh spent weeks plotting to kill Trump before aiming a rifle through shrubbery as the Republican played golf on Sept. 15, 2024, at his West Palm Beach country club.

Routh told jurors in his closing argument that he didn’t intend to kill anyone that day.

“It’s hard for me to believe that a crime occurred if the trigger was never pulled,” Routh said. He pointed out that he could see Trump as he was on the path toward the sixth-hole green at the golf course and noted that he also could have shot a Secret Service agent who confronted him if he had intended to harm anyone.

Routh, 59, exercised his constitutional right not to testify in his own defense. He rested his case Monday morning after questioning just three witnesses — a firearms expert and two characters witnesses — for a total of about three hours. In contrast, prosecutors spent seven days questioning 38 witnesses.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that the guilty verdict “illustrates the Department of Justice’s commitment to punishing those who engage in political violence.”

“This attempted assassination was not only an attack on our President, but an affront to our very nation,” Bondi said.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon signed off on Routh’s request to represent himself following two hearings in July. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that criminal defendants have a right to represent themselves in court proceedings, as long as they can show a judge they are competent to waive their right to be defended by an attorney. Routh’s former defense attorneys have served as standby counsel since he took over his own defense and have been present during trial the past two weeks.

Recounting what happened at the golf course, a Secret Service agent testified earlier in the trial that he spotted Routh before Trump came into view. Routh aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire, causing Routh to drop his weapon and flee without firing a shot, the agent said.

Law enforcement obtained help from a witness who testified that he saw a person fleeing the area after hearing gunshots. The witness was then flown in a police helicopter to a nearby interstate where Routh was arrested, and the witness said he confirmed it was the person he had seen.

Just nine weeks earlier, Trump had survived an attempt on his life while campaigning in Butler, Pennsylvania. That gunman had fired eight shots, with one bullet grazing Trump’s ear. The gunman was then fatally shot by a Secret Service counter sniper.

Routh was a North Carolina construction worker who in recent years had moved to Hawaii. A self-styled mercenary leader, Routh spoke out to anyone who would listen about his dangerous and sometimes violent plans to insert himself into conflicts around the world, witnesses have told The Associated Press.

In the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Routh tried to recruit soldiers from Afghanistan, Moldova and Taiwan to fight the Russians. In his native Greensboro, North Carolina, he was arrested in 2002 for eluding a traffic stop and barricading himself from officers with a fully automatic machine gun and a “weapon of mass destruction,” which turned out to be an explosive with a 10-inch (25-centimeter) fuse, police said.

In 2010, police searched a warehouse Routh owned and found more than 100 stolen items, from power tools and building supplies to kayaks and spa tubs. In both felony cases, judges gave Routh either probation or a suspended sentence.

Besides the federal charges, Routh also has pleaded not guilty to state charges of terrorism and attempted murder.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/jury-convicts-ryan-routh-of-trying-to-assassinate-trump-at-his-florida-golf-course

Previous Thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/8214340/ryan-wesley-routh-suspect-trumps#132021442

Why is there so much similarities between the leftists and Islam?

Once you don't agree with them

Na wa.
That US sha.
Too much gun violence. Just imagine

Nice one.howdo you think you can try an assasination attempt on a then incoming president of America and succeed. Both the people who sent you and you yourself you have entered into big problem

If na Africa, dem go don mysteriously and silently kpai this one since.. no need for unnecessary court proceedings.

Different wahala..
Wahala no dey finish as dem dey talk

This one done get issues with his head. He will ort in jail

Na Democrats and democracy cause am, you can't dare this in Putin's Russia 🇷🇺

Brendaniel:
Why is there so much similarities between the leftists and Islam?

Once you don't agree with them

The guy is RIGHT wing like Trump not LEFT.

He supports Ukraine, while Trump supports Russia. That is why he carried out the attempt.

$150,000 dollars to anyone who would complete the job. Someone is definitely funding this man.

Wahala be like bicycle if na for Africa now, them go dey talk chochocho

FashionCookie:
Na wa.
That US sha.
Too much gun violence. Just imagine

You lost 53 security officers in 14 days.

Nowhere in the world will this happen and all ogas are just sipping tea.

Sit this one out mbok

Another MAGA supporter bites the dust.

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Brendaniel:
Why is there so much similarities between the leftists and Islam?

Once you don't agree with them

You can start your case study with Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, even Canada. Infact ask all the countries that surrounds the United States of America if America is at peace with them lol.

Softmirror:
You can start your case study with Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, even Canada. Infact ask all the countries that surrounds the United States of America if America is at peace with them lol.

What does your suggestion have to do with anything I said?

The guy no try at all ,he tried to kill trump ,he didn't succeed, now he tried to kill himself, he didn't still succeed...what a failure

Brendaniel:
What does your suggestion have to do with anything I said?

It is straight forward and easy to comprehend. The listed countries have had their governments oppressed by the U.S simply for choosing their own path .

Softmirror:
It is straight forward and easy to comprehend. The listed countries have had their governments oppressed by the U.S simply for choosing their own path .

And their citizens are targeting other religions and killing them all over the world abi?

HonNL:

The man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after being found guilty of all counts on Tuesday.

Officers quickly swarmed him and dragged him out of the courthouse.

The jury of five men and seven women found Ryan Routh guilty on all counts that he was facing after 2 hours of deliberation.

After the jurors were on their way out of the courtroom, Routh tried to stab himself in the neck. He grabbed a pen and started trying to stab himself in the neck. Marshals swarmed him and picked him up and dragged him out of the courthouse.

His daughter Sara Routh was screaming, “Dad I love you don’t do anything. I’ll get you out. He didn’t hurt anybody.”

She continued screaming inside the courtroom as her father was dragged out. She said the case against him was rigged. The daughter went outside the courthouse and was waiting by the guard gate for her father to be driven out and transported to prison.

Routh had been charged with attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges and defended himself in court.

Prosecutors said Routh spent weeks plotting to kill Trump before aiming a rifle through shrubbery as the Republican played golf on Sept. 15, 2024, at his West Palm Beach country club.

Routh told jurors in his closing argument that he didn’t intend to kill anyone that day.

“It’s hard for me to believe that a crime occurred if the trigger was never pulled,” Routh said. He pointed out that he could see Trump as he was on the path toward the sixth-hole green at the golf course and noted that he also could have shot a Secret Service agent who confronted him if he had intended to harm anyone.

Routh, 59, exercised his constitutional right not to testify in his own defense. He rested his case Monday morning after questioning just three witnesses — a firearms expert and two characters witnesses — for a total of about three hours. In contrast, prosecutors spent seven days questioning 38 witnesses.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that the guilty verdict “illustrates the Department of Justice’s commitment to punishing those who engage in political violence.”

“This attempted assassination was not only an attack on our President, but an affront to our very nation,” Bondi said.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon signed off on Routh’s request to represent himself following two hearings in July. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that criminal defendants have a right to represent themselves in court proceedings, as long as they can show a judge they are competent to waive their right to be defended by an attorney. Routh’s former defense attorneys have served as standby counsel since he took over his own defense and have been present during trial the past two weeks.

Recounting what happened at the golf course, a Secret Service agent testified earlier in the trial that he spotted Routh before Trump came into view. Routh aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire, causing Routh to drop his weapon and flee without firing a shot, the agent said.

Law enforcement obtained help from a witness who testified that he saw a person fleeing the area after hearing gunshots. The witness was then flown in a police helicopter to a nearby interstate where Routh was arrested, and the witness said he confirmed it was the person he had seen.

Just nine weeks earlier, Trump had survived an attempt on his life while campaigning in Butler, Pennsylvania. That gunman had fired eight shots, with one bullet grazing Trump’s ear. The gunman was then fatally shot by a Secret Service counter sniper.

Routh was a North Carolina construction worker who in recent years had moved to Hawaii. A self-styled mercenary leader, Routh spoke out to anyone who would listen about his dangerous and sometimes violent plans to insert himself into conflicts around the world, witnesses have told The Associated Press.

In the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Routh tried to recruit soldiers from Afghanistan, Moldova and Taiwan to fight the Russians. In his native Greensboro, North Carolina, he was arrested in 2002 for eluding a traffic stop and barricading himself from officers with a fully automatic machine gun and a “weapon of mass destruction,” which turned out to be an explosive with a 10-inch (25-centimeter) fuse, police said.

In 2010, police searched a warehouse Routh owned and found more than 100 stolen items, from power tools and building supplies to kayaks and spa tubs. In both felony cases, judges gave Routh either probation or a suspended sentence.

Besides the federal charges, Routh also has pleaded not guilty to state charges of terrorism and attempted murder.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/jury-convicts-ryan-routh-of-trying-to-assassinate-trump-at-his-florida-golf-course

Previous Thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/8214340/ryan-wesley-routh-suspect-trumps#132021442

In the early days of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Routh tried to recruit soldiers from Afghanistan, Moldova and Taiwan to fight the Russians. In his native Greensboro, North Carolina, he was arrested in 2002 for eluding a traffic stop and barricading himself from officers with a fully automatic machine gun and a “weapon of mass destruction,” which turned out to be an explosive with a 10-inch (25-centimeter) fuse, police said.

In 2010, police searched a warehouse Routh owned and found more than 100 stolen items, from power tools and building supplies to kayaks and spa tubs. In both felony cases, judges gave Routh either probation or a suspended sentence.

Brendaniel:
And their citizens are targeting other religions and killing them all over the world abi?

Exactly my point. Which is a great irony, philosophy of ideals.

This one is a Looney. Life treats them too easy that's why they have too much time for outlandish ventures.

It doesn't add up. Something must be wrong somewhere

Same way Omoyele Sowore is likely to be convicted for threatening Nigeria National Security and defamation of the Federal Republic President!

Softmirror:
Exactly my point. Which is a great irony, philosophy of ideals.

So are you saying Muslim are killing people all over the world because of America provoked them?

Brendaniel:
So are you saying Muslim are killing people all over the world because of America provoked them?

Philosophy of ideals equates as much as what the world suffers under the US Hegemony.

Softmirror:
Philosophy of ideals equates as much as what the world suffers under the US Hegemony.

Go straight to the point

20 more characters not needed

Brendaniel:
Go straight to the point

20 more characters not needed

Very straightforward, no corner, corner. No bri-bri to the answer.

He should be put away for a very long time. He should be put away for a very long time. Rabbit hole beckons.

So Islam is your problem. Learn to be tolerant of others please.

Softmirror:
Very straightforward, no corner, corner. No bri-bri to the answer.

So the killers of Deborah killed her because of what?

Boko Haram are killing people because of what?

Brendaniel:
So the killers of Deborah killed her because of what?

Boko Haram are killing people because of what?

The same ideals is what is responsible for the lynching of people alledged to be witches by Christians in Nigeria.