Jury selection is scheduled to start Monday in the trial of a man accused of attempting to assassinate then former President Donald Trump last fall.

Ryan Wesley Routh is charged with plotting for weeks before allegedly aiming a rifle at Trump as he played golf at his West Palm Beach country club in September. According to federal prosecutors, Routh positioned himself in shrubbery near the course before a Secret Service agent spotted what appeared to be a rifle in the treeline and fired in that direction.

Routh allegedly fled the scene in a Nissan SUV but was arrested a short time later. Authorities said a witness provided a description of the suspected gunman, which led deputies from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office to stop Routh on nearby Interstate 95.

A criminal complaint charges h

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