"Routh, 59, was arrested nearly one year ago, accused of an elaborate plot to stalk Trump for weeks at his Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach and assassinate him. The Secret Service reported spotting Routh pointing a rifle barrel through a chain link fence in the then-candidate's direction as he golfed, just a few hundred yards away. Secret Service agents approached and confronted Routh and leading to a shootout between Routh and law enforcement."
"Police collected evidence at the scene, including an AK-47 rifle with a scope, two backpacks, and a GoPro camera, along with searching his vehicle along the nearby highway where he was arrested. The incident occurred about two months after Trump survived a prior assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Charges against Routh included attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, assaulting a federal officer (a Secret Service Agent)."
"He pleaded not guilty and decided to represent himself, dismissing his attorneys in July via a letter to the judge assigned to the case, Aileen Cannon with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, a Trump appointee who has handled several notable past cases involving the president due to his residence at Mar-a-Lago falling in her court's jurisdiction."
Ryan Routh, 59, was arrested nearly one year after allegedly plotting to stalk and assassinate Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach. The Secret Service reported seeing Routh point a rifle barrel through a chain-link fence toward Trump as he golfed a few hundred yards away. Agents approached, producing a shootout; Routh fled but was soon apprehended. Police seized an AK-47 with a scope, two backpacks and a GoPro and searched his vehicle along a nearby highway. The incident followed a separate assassination attempt two months earlier in Butler, Pennsylvania. Routh faces multiple federal charges, pleaded not guilty and chose to represent himself.
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