A federal judge ruled earlier this week that the trial for Ryan Routh — the man accused of attempting to assassinate former and president-elect Donald Trump (R) in Florida — will be held in September of 2025.
In October, federal prosecutors asked Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon to designate this case as “complex,” allowing the timeline to stretch beyond what is typically lawful, requesting that the case be heard no earlier than December 2025.
Although Routh’s trial was previously set to begin in February of next year, Judge Cannon explained in an order released this week that pushing the proceedings to next September “does not amount to ‘unreasonable delay.'”
Originally, Routh’s trial would have started on November 18 of this year.
A grand jury in the Southern Florida District charged Routh earlier this year with (1) attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, (2) possession of brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, (3) assault of a federal officer, (4) felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and (4) possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
Under Cannon’s recent ruling, “any notice of an insanity defense” or evidence of Routh having a “mental condition” must be submitted by February 3.
If the alleged attempted assassin’s legal team requests a scene visit, it would need to happen before February 27.
A status conference will be held on March 7, and exhibit and witness lists are due by July 28.
A pretrial conference is set for August 8, and the final pretrial conference will take place on September 2.
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On September 15, Routh had allegedly set up a “sniper’s nest” at the fence bordering Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach and hid in the bushes with a gun while the former president was on the course.
No shots were fired at former President Trump, as a Secret Service agent spotted the barrel of a gun and fired on the suspect, who fled before being arrested.
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“The suspect was well-hidden in the shrubbery and had a clear line of sight to the golf course. With a rifle and scope like that, the distance would not have been an issue,” Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said immediately following the attempted assassination.
Routh’s alleged “sniper’s nest” was located 400 to 500 yards from the course’s fifth and sixth holes, where Trump was playing.
The first attempt on Trump’s life occurred on July 13 — just 64 days prior — during a rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
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Both assassins have enjoyed deep cover from the mainstream media. We know practically nothing about either one of them.
Hopefully this would-be assassin is locked in jail until the trial. What is the point in forcing the tax payers to give him a cot and three hots for a full year before the trial, aside from enriching his lawyers and building their notariety?
Too bad the secret service hadn’t shot him dead on the spot .
THAT would have been a cost effective solution .
It worked in Butler Pa ?,
The train woman who was burned to death by a Joe Biden Friend and in the county of Speaker Shumer, Brooklyn, has not been revealed also.
Is she a no body?
Bill B . They do that to cover up their errors, like Oswald.
What ever happened to the illegals who came over northern boarder and got in to a car accident with a Canadian returning to Cd. Were they running drugs Governor? Did they get carted off by ICE A King? Or the Biddeford illegal who had a Maine address on a NY license.
The governor thinks we forget.
Give him a fair trial, followed by a first-class hanging!
Still no news on the Butler shooter.