Jury selection begins for Ryan Routh, who faces charges of attempting to assassinate President Trump at his golf club in September 2024.

Routh is representing himself but was blocked from asking potential jurors about Gaza, Greenland and hypothetical turtle scenarios.

The 59-year-old construction worker has a criminal history and previously tried to recruit foreign soldiers for Ukraine’s war effort.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — A man charged with trying to assassinate Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida wanted to ask potential jurors Monday on the first day of jury selection about their views on the war in Gaza and the talk of the U.S. acquiring Greenland, but a judge said those questions were irrelevant.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon earlier had signed off on Ryan Routh

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