FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Trial begins for the man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump in 2024 at a Florida golf course.

Ryan Routh will be in federal court not only as the defendant, but he will also represent himself in the trial.

On Monday morning, the first pool of potential jurors arrives at court. The goal is to question 60 people a day until they find the 12 jurors and 4 alternates to fill the fair and impartial jury.

Prosecutors will try to prove to those jurors Routh planned to kill then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and pointed a rifle through the fence as he played golf before the attempt was stopped by the Secret Service.

“(Routh) is going to have a unique opportunity to select the people who are going to be judging him,” said Roger Handberg, a former pr

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