FORT PIERCE, Florida -- Ryan Routh, the man accused of plotting to kill President Trump as he golfed in South Florida last year, was found guilty on Tuesday, following a trial in which he mounted his own defense.

A federal court jury convicted Routh on all five counts, including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The verdict comes at a moment of renewed national concern about political violence in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting earlier this month.

Federal prosecutors said Routh spent weeks planning to kill Trump before pushing the muzzle of a rifle through the perimeter of Trump's West Palm Beach golf course last year, near the sixth hole.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris

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