The Verdict and the Charges

A federal jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, found Ryan Wesley Routh guilty on all counts for the 2024 plot to assassinate Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. The counts include attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. Jurors deliberated only two hours before returning the verdict. He now faces a potential life sentence.

Who He Is—and the Trail Behind Him

Routh, 59, is a former North Carolina construction worker who later lived in Hawaii and styled himself as a “mercenary” recruiter during the early phase of Russia

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