Ryan Routh sentenced to life in prison for attempted murder of Trump

He was sentenced tolife sentence da una federal court Ryan Routh, il American citizenfound guilty last year of attempting toassassinate President Donald Trump. I prosecutorsthey had asked for a life sentence for shooting the then presidential candidate, alTrump International Golf Club di West Palm Beach nel September 2024.

Il District Judge Aileen Cannonhanded down the sentence plus an additional mandatory sentence of7 yearsfor crimes related tofirearms.

Reasons for conviction and defense

In their sentencing request, prosecutors wrote that Routh “remains totallyunrepentant” and that “the heinous nature of thisassassination attempt– his selfish and violent decision to prevent American voters from electing President Trump by killing him – justifies onesevere criminal punishment“. Routh, who represented himself during the trial, was assigned a public defender to help him prepare for the sentencing hearing. Attorney Martin Roth argued in a court filing last month that Routh did not “commit aact of terrorism” and asked the judge to issue a “20-year sentence, followed by the required 7-year mandatory sentence” for his firearms possession conviction in connection with the attempted murder. Routh “will remain in custody until he is in his eighties and will pose no threat to thepublic health“Roth said.

Details on the arrest at the golf club

Routh was arrested inSeptember 2024after Secret Service agent Robert Fercano saw him hiding in the bushes near the fifth hole of thegolf club in Trump. According to the prosecution, he was waiting for thatTrumpput himself in his line of fire.

Routh’s behavior in court and the verdict

Wednesday’s hearing was Routh’s first time back in court since trying tostab yourself in the neck with the penafter reading hisguilty verdictlast year. The bailiffs quickly escorted him out of the courtroom. During the closing of the two-week trial, Routh presented a short, rambling argument in which he tried to argue that there was no crime because he never shot Trump. Routh brought up the revolt ofJanuary 6, 2021on Capitol Hill and began talking about Ukraine, Founding Father Patrick Henry and the “common man,” before Cannon interrupted his argument. After just over two hours of deliberations, the jury of seven women and five men found Routhguilty on all five countsincluding three federal charges related topossession of weaponsand an assault on the Secret Service agent who had brought him out of hiding.

Medical evaluation and personality disorders

Routh was subjected to amedical evaluationbefore the trial. In its sentencing memorandum, the government wrote that a private psychiatrist hired by Routh’s former attorney “ultimately acknowledged that Routh had no basis for claims of incompetence, insanity, or diminished capacity, but speculated that Routh suffers from two disorders (narcissistic personality disorderand a diagnosis ofbipolar disorder type 2)”.