"It took a jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, just two and a half hours on Tuesday to find Ryan Wesley Routh guilty on all charges. Routh was arrested by Secret Service agents on a golf course owned by Donald Trump with plans to assassinate the then-Republican candidate, now president of the United States. It happened on September 15, just over six weeks before the election that returned Trump to the White House."
"This was the second attempt on Trump's life during a tumultuous campaign, following an incident on July 13 when a young man named Thomas Matthew Crooks fired shots at Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, one of which grazed Trump's right ear. In addition to attempted assassination of a presidential candidate, the jury also found that Routh, a 59-year-old Hawaii resident and former Trump supporter, had assaulted the Secret Service agent who discovered his plans, and he was convicted on three federal firearms charges."
Ryan Wesley Routh was found guilty on all charges after a two-week federal trial in Fort Pierce, Florida. Routh was arrested on a Trump-owned golf course by Secret Service agents while planning to assassinate the then-Republican candidate. The jury convicted him of attempted assassination, assaulting a Secret Service agent, and three federal firearms offenses. Routh represented himself and repeatedly drew rebukes from Judge Aileen Cannon for rambling arguments. The attempted plot occurred Sept. 15, weeks before the election that returned Trump to the White House, and followed an earlier July 13 shooting at a Trump rally. After the verdict, Routh allegedly tried to stab his neck with a pen before court officers intervened.
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