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Judge Cuts Routh's Opening Statement Short

Judge warns against theatrics as prosecutors outline Trump assassination plot

(Newser) - Ryan Routh's trial for plotting to assassinate President Trump got off to an unusual start Thursday. Routh, accused of plotting to assassinate President Trump, took the floor for his own opening statement—and quickly found himself on thin ice. Routh, representing himself, began with a meandering speech that...

Jury Selection Begins in Trial of Trump Plot Defendant

Ryan Routh apologizes to prospective jurors for the inconveniencing them

(Newser) - Jury selection began Monday in the federal trial of Ryan Routh, who is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course in September 2024—a day in court that included an apology to the pool from the defendant for the inconvenience. Routh, who is representing...

Man Charged With Trying to Kill Trump Dumps His Lawyers

Judge says Ryan Routh can represent himself

(Newser) - A man charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump in South Florida last year was back in court this week, asking a federal judge to let him represent himself, as prosecutors tried to block him from introducing irrelevant evidence during trial.
  • Ryan Routh's court-appointed federal public defenders on Thursday
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Routh Pleads Not Guilty to Trump Assassination Attempt

He appears at brief hearing in federal court

(Newser) - A man who authorities say spent 12 hours camped outside Donald Trump's golf course before Secret Service spotted him with a rifle pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges including attempted assassination. Ryan Wesley Routh appeared briefly in the federal court in West Palm Beach days after a...

Government Wants Attempted Assassination Charge for Routh
Routh Charged With
Attempted Assassination
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Sep 24, 2024 5:35 PM CDT

Routh Charged With Attempted Assassination

Case has been assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon

(Newser) - Ryan Routh, who allegedly waited for Donald Trump in a "sniper's nest" outside the former president's West Palm Beach golf club, has had a charge of attempted assassination added to the gun offenses he was charged with after his arrest. On Sept. 15, he "did intentionally...

Son of Trump Suspect Arrested on Child Porn Charges

Oran Routh accused of possessing child pornography

(Newser) - The son of the man suspected in the assassination attempt in Florida of Donald Trump has been arrested on federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse images, per the AP . Oran Routh was arrested this week after authorities searched his Greensboro, North Carolina, home "in connection with an investigation...

'Dear World': Trump Suspect Left Note on Assassination Plot

'I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster," reads note attributed to Ryan Routh

(Newser) - The man accused of attempting to kill Donald Trump at a Florida golf course this month wrote a note about his plans months ahead of time—and seemed to know he'd fail, say prosecutors. The Justice Department revealed its existence on Monday, reports the New York Times and the...

Tipsters Warned Agencies to Watch Ryan Routh

It's not clear what was done in response to suspicions about Trump suspect

(Newser) - The more Chelsea Walsh talked to the eccentric fellow American who seemed to pop up in every square and cobblestone street of Ukraine's capital, the more she got creeped out. Walsh was in Kyiv as a nurse and aid worker early in the war in Ukraine. Ryan Routh was...

Secret Service Has Long Been Wary of Trump's Love of Golf

'You don't have to do a lot of guessing to know where he is going to be'

(Newser) - The Washington Post has a telling anecdote on the security challenges that Donald Trump's love of golf raises for the Secret Service. After he became president, agents showed Trump ordinary photos of him golfing taken by members of the press with long-range lenses. The idea was that a gunman...

Trump: Biden 'Couldn't Have Been Nicer' on Call

But former president continues to blame Democrats' 'rhetoric' for assassination attempts

(Newser) - Donald Trump gave two more interviews Monday in which he discussed the arrest of an alleged would-be assassin in Florida.
  • Washington Post columnist Marc A. Thiessen asked Trump how being the target of two assassination attempts in nine weeks has affected him. "Well, it hasn't affected me,"
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Secret Service Says 'Security Plan Worked'

Suspect never had a line of sight to Trump, acting director says

(Newser) - Ryan Routh never had a line of sight to Donald Trump and didn't fire any shots during Sunday's apparent assassination attempt, acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe confirmed Monday. Rowe praised the "hyper vigilance" of the agent who spotted the rifle barrel in shrubbery at Trump's...

Trump Shooting Suspect Is Charged
Cops: Trump Suspect Camped
at Site for 12 Hours
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Sep 16, 2024 12:35 PM CDT

Cops: Trump Suspect Camped at Site for 12 Hours

Ryan Wesley Routh faces his first charges in Florida after alleged assassination plot

(Newser) - The man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump camped outside a golf course with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours before a Secret Service agent confronted him and opened fire, according to court documents filed Monday. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, faces charges of possessing a...

Trump Blames Democrats' 'Rhetoric' for Latest Scare

Former president says inflammatory language led to another attempt on his life

(Newser) - With 50 days to go until the election, former President Trump is walking away from the second attempt on his life since July—and pointing the finger at President Biden and Vice President Harris. Suspect Ryan Routh "believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,...

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Son of Suspected Trump
Gunman Defends His Father
the rundown
Sep 16, 2024 8:30 AM CDT

Son of Suspected Trump Gunman Defends His Father

Ryan Routh, 58, once embraced the Ukraine war as a personal cause

(Newser) - The suspect in what is being investigated as another assassination attempt on Donald Trump has what the Washington Post aptly describes as a "quixotic past." Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, lives in Hawaii now, but spent much of his life in North Carolina. The Wall Street Journal similarly observes...

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