"A US man has been found guilty of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump last September near Trump's Florida golf course, United States Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media. A jury found that Ryan Routh, 59, intended to kill Trump, then a former president and Republican presidential candidate, when he pointed a rifle through a fence while Trump was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach."
"Last year, Routh fled from the golf course without firing a shot after a US Secret Service agent patrolling the course ahead of Trump spotted Routh and the rifle and opened fire, according to witness testimony in the case. This plot was carefully crafted and deadly serious, prosecutor John Shipley said at the start of the trial, adding that without the intervention of the Secret Service agent, Donald Trump would not be alive."
A jury found Ryan Routh intended to kill Donald Trump by pointing a rifle through a fence while Trump was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. Routh, 59, was convicted of attempted assassination and four additional charges, including impeding a federal agent and weapons offenses, and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. Routh fled the golf course without firing after a Secret Service agent patrolling ahead of Trump spotted him and opened fire, according to witness testimony. Prosecutors described the plot as carefully crafted and deadly serious. The 12-day federal trial occurred amid renewed concerns about political violence following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and noted that Trump had been targeted in two assassination attempts during his 2024 campaign, including one that wounded his ear.
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