However, jurors were able to observe the defendant as he represented himself throughout the trial — a move U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon allowed after two hearings in July, sidelining his court-appointed federal public defenders.

Routh argued during his closing remarks Tuesday that he’s incapable of killing a person, focusing on the fact that he didn’t fire his weapon and suggesting he had no intent to do so as the prosecution alleged.

“It’s hard for me to believe that a crime occurred if the trigger was never pulled,” Routh said.

He also veered off topic to talk about Adolf Hitler and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, according to the Associated Press.

It’s unusual for criminal defendants to represent themselves, though the Supreme Court has held that the right to do so exists, if a defendant can prove to a judge that they are competent to waive their right to counsel.

As Routh examined his witnesses Monday, he asked many “yes-or-no” questions and conferred with the public defenders, who were made his standby counsel, according to NewsNation. He also looked over at his adult children in the courtroom and gave them a wink.

Routh’s daughter, Sara, told NewsNation on Monday that she thought the trial was “rigged,” pointing to Cannon’s link to Trump. Cannon oversaw the president’s classified documents case and regularly earned his praise; the case was dismissed after he took back the White House.

Sarah Routh said that Cannon “should have recused herself from the beginning.”

“If anybody has a heart in the jury, then they’ll see that my father doesn’t deserve it,” she said.

The incident at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach occurred last September, just two months after Trump was bloodied in another assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

The Butler shooter was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper seconds after firing. Routh, however, was spotted before Trump came into view, a Secret Service agent testified during the government’s case. He shot at Routh, which caused the defendant to flee without firing his own weapon. Routh was later arrested while driving on a nearby highway.

The attempts on Trump’s life fit into the broader trend of attacks on prominent political figures across both parties in recent years.

Kirk, who founded the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot and killed while speaking at a Utah Valley University event.

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband were assassinated in their home in May, and in April, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) and his family were forced to flee the governor’s mansion after a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the home.

In 2022, before the assassination attempts against Trump, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D) husband was attacked with a hammer in their San Francisco home and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, appointed to the high court by Trump, was the target of an assassination attempt.

And in 2021, a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol as Congress voted to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, which was won by former President Biden.

The Associated Press contributed.

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Proud Democrat Ryan Routh attempts (and fails) a second assassination plot.

He attempted to kill himself with a pen after being found guilty on all charges of left-wing extremism
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5518263-trump-attempted-assassination-verdict/
Convicted would-be Trump assassin tries to stab himself with pen after verdict

The man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed last year in South Florida tried to stab himself with a pen after a federal jury handed down the guilty verdict Tuesday afternoon.

Ryan Routh was convicted on all five counts he faced after jurors deliberated for two hours. The charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

After the verdict was announced and jurors started leaving the courtroom, Routh grabbed a pen and attempted to stab himself in the neck with it, prompting U.S. Marshals to intervene, according to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation.

They dragged him out of the courtroom, as his daughter, Sara Routh, screamed.

“Dad, I love you, don’t do anything,” she said, according to The Associated Press. “I’ll get you out. He didn’t hurt anybody.”

Following the incident, Routh was brought back before the judge in shackles. He was no longer wearing a jacket and tie, and there were no signs of blood on his shirt.

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon set his sentencing for Dec. 18.

>>1441338
And just like in real life, MAGA shills are trying to insert that Routh was a leftist when in reality there is no link or mention

>>1441358
Idc, Democrat, leftist, whatever floats your boat, cope-kun

>>1441366
Nice try, liar, but he voted for Trump in 2016

Proud Boy

>>1441366
>Ctrl+F democrat
>phrase not found
>Ctrl+F leftist
>phrase not found
>Ctrl+F liberal
>phrase not found
Project harder, Cope-san.

>>1441367
>Nice try, liar, but he voted for Trump in 2016
No he did not and that's literally a lie you people keep repeating. He has voted Democrat though.

Please observe while I thoroughly debunk your false claim, cope-kun liar-sama

>https://www.barrons.com/news/contrary-to-online-claims-trump-suspect-is-registered-independent-voter-200019a6
...Patrick Gannon, public information director for the North Carolina State Board of Elections, told AFP that Routh requested an absentee ballot in 2016, but did not actually vote.

Data from North Carolina shows Routh -- a self-employed builder now based in Hawaii with a decades-long arrest record -- is actively registered as an unaffiliated, or independent, voter in the swing state. He most recently cast an in-person ballot during the 2024 Democratic primary.

Routh was removed from the rolls in 2003 following a felony conviction, re-registered in 2005 as an unaffiliated voter, but was removed again in 2010 after another felony conviction, Gannon said

>>1441381
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/what-we-know-about-ryan-rouths-political-affiliations/
>Routh was once registered as a Democrat, but said he voted for Donald Trump in 2016.

>>1441374
he hasn't yet mastered the ancient and deadly art of shill-chaku

>>1441382
>, but said he voted for Donald Trump in 2016.
Who the fuck cares what a crazy leftist claims you fagmaxxing copium addict.

The public information director for the North Carolina State Board of Elections says that he never voted in 2016.

>>1441386
do you hear yourself?

>>1441386
what crazy leftist?
>the North Carolina State Board of Elections says that he never voted in 2016.
Ryan Routh says he did. I'd believe the assassin over a Trump crony.

>>1441386
>Who the fuck cares what a crazy leftist claims you fagmaxxing copium addict.
you fags just keep putting yourselves in a smaller and smaller box.

With no information about Routh available from actual news sites, I just have to go off all the crazy MAGA shills claiming he's a leftist, which is pretty good evidence for him actually being republican

>>1441409
>>1441382

>>1441384
>>1441390
>>1441394
Weird how literally all you fags can do is cope and lie.
There is not a single record of him voting for Trump. The director for the North Carolina State Board of Elections confirmed this
Independent investigation confirmed he was even on the voter rolls because he was a convicted felon as of 2010
Also: https://assets.apnews.com/12/85/ea67eb78d4ac6ec955207e1fd29f/ef137b8d6b3740f091caa7513cfb7380

And FACTS are what btfo your lies. Every. Single. Time
Lmao

>>1441412
>>1441410

>>1441410
He was removed from voter rolls in 2010 for a felony conviction. The director of the states election board said he never voted.

Your response? Will you cling to your copium-fueled gaslighting?

>>1441415
Sure he was. That's why factcheck.org says you're wrong and he said he voted for Trump.

>>1441416
>According to public records, Routh voted in the Democratic primary in North Carolina in March.
>The political views that Routh expressed on social media were varied. He reportedly wrote on his now-suspended X account in 2020 that he had voted for Trump in 2016, but had become disappointed with the former president.

>>1441416
>he said he voted for Trump
Yes. He did say he voted for trump.
Too bad that's not substantiated by the state election board in North Carolina

It appears your boy lied, anon. That's what the facts show.

This happening side by side with Trump flipping on Ukraine is pottery. Dude won.

So the dude didn't actually vote, but he said he did, and he said he was a trump supporter until 2016 and then urged a bunch of people to be Democrats.. but the facts show he couldn't have voted because he was a felon and removed from rolls and the election board confirmed he never voted that year.

Sounds like what Democrats do, honestly, just lie about a bunch of shit because they suffer from tds

>>1441429
>>1441423
Take it up with factcheck.org. They're more believable than far right demagogues. Either way quit lying about being wrong on this dead news board.

>>1441434
factcheck.org doesnt say he voted. They say that he said he voted.

Words matter.

>>1441434
>Take it up with factcheck.org
They are correct tho. Ryan Routh *did* say he voted for trump.
Nobody's arguing with that. He did Indeed say that.

Maybe you are having trouble and are conflating what a legit crazy person says with what is actually verifiable fact here in reality.

>>1441436
And the state election board where he lives says he lied and didn't vote that year.
Both can be true at the same time, they aren't mutually exclusive.

>>1441440
You'd think they'd be thrilled at finally having evidence that republican votes weren't being counted.
Then again, they always knew that was a lie

>>1441444
What the hell are you talking about, crazy person?

>>1441446
I think he's saying that he doesn't believe in widespread voter fraud, but if he changed his mind, it would be so that he would have some shred of evidence that Ryan Routh voted for trump in 2016 when the state says he never voted that year, and every other record of his vote is for a Democrat

>>1441529
No, he was saying that its actually a liberal plot that causes Grindr to overload wherever a large amount of Republicans appear in one location, like the Charlie Kirk memorial

>>1441438
grindr is supposed to be anonymous! Those damn liberals are up to their old tricks!

Dude totally looks maga. Looks dirty and rural, 100% spurned maga.

Lol.

Different anon, just popped in. You guys got the jokes tonight!

Lol same here!

Lots of zingers fellow 4channers!

>>1441338
Honestly this Ryan Routh character cracks me up. He's the living caricature of so many Democrat stereotypes, it's hilarious.
The dudes in trial for murder, he has multiple prior felony convictions, he boots his lawyer, reps himself, and he defends his actions by literally just complaining about russia lmao

The full transcripts of this are sure to be comedy gold.

>>1441577
>The dudes in trial for murder, he has multiple prior felony convictions, he boots his lawyer, reps himself, and he defends his actions by literally just complaining about russia lmao
Drop the first and last bits, and you literally have 90% of all conservative sovcit trials
the projection is hilarious

>>1441582
... So you're saying that someone who represents themselves is classic sovcit? Yeah, I agree, when you drop the 3 things I said prior to self rep, and the 1 thing I said after it, and just keep the middle item, yeah that sounds like a sovcit.

But this guy's comedy gold. His whole schtick he did in 2020 when he lied about voting for Trump in 2016 and was like "oh I used to vote for him, but I'm having second thoughts you should to" is literally the personification of the following copypasta:
>Not gonna lie, former Trump voter here. This is fucking hilarious watching Trump crash and burn. But in all seriousness we can't let this guy get the nuclear codes.

>>1441587
its funny when your brain shuts down and shits out cope like this

>>1441589
Over what? How am I coping? I think the dudes a hilarious real life caricature of so many memes about democrats.

Why are you taking offense and lashing out?

>>1441590
He's taking offence because he's a retard and all he knows is "Orange Man Bad".
If his car breaks down it's Trumps fault, if the weather is cold it's Trumps fault, Everything is Trumps fault.
This is the Trump Derangement Syndrome Board.
Doesn't matter what the original thread is about to these retards, they turn it into a Orange Man Bad rant.
I love this board, it's comedy gold.
Autistic screeching will begin in 5....4....3....2.... 1.

>>1441652
No, democrats have the weather machine, remember? Lmao.

Actually, according to factcheck.org he is not associated with either the democratic or republican party.

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/09/what-we-know-about-ryan-rouths-political-affiliations/

>>1441652
The fact that any information that contradicts your narrative sounds like “autistic screaming” to you, says a lot more about your cult like devotion than it says about anyone who disagrees with you. A normal person likes to learn all facts including new facts they didn’t know and then adjusts their view according to new information.

Sounds crazy I know, but give it a try sometime.

>>1441658
That is true, he last registered as an independent and there are no sources reporting him ever having been registered as either a Republican or Democrat.

His political voting/donation record includes 19 contributions to ActBlue, voting in multiple democratic primaries, and claiming in 2020 to have voted for trump in 2016, a claim contradicted by the state election board who says he did not vote that year. When he was arrested his truck had Biden/Harris bumper stickers in it

>>1441663
What information contradicts "his narrative" here?
All I see is people repeatedly claim that he wasn't registered for a political party and that he said on social media in 2020 that he voted for trump in 2016, a claim that was proven to be a lie.

There is plenty of information available on the subject but it you want to frame is as contradicting someone's "narrative" it can only be the story that he's secretly somehow a Republican or a conservative

Trump appeals to the pedophile. Proof that all magats are pedophiles. Enjoy Hell, baby rapers.

>>1441664
Lots of disaffected Republicans voted Democrat after Trump took over the party.
It (probably not) suprising to a shill like you that the entire Republicunt party was against Trump taking over until he did, then most rolled over for him and pretended they always loved him.
All those people were called RINOs and Democrats and Never-Trumpers too, but they're still conservative voters that just don't like Trump.
Donations to Democratic causes after 2015 don't indicate overall party affiliation, just if they're pro or anti Trump

>>1441669
Hold up
So your argument is:
- he never voted for trump (but this is irrelevant)
- he donated exclusively to act blue (also irrelevant)
- he voted for Democrats in primaries (irrelevant)
- he tried to kill trump (irrelevant)
- but these things called RINOs and never-trumpers exist (the entire crux of the argument)
- therefore, hes a conservative voter (conclusion)

What the fuck is wrong with you lol who's supposed to believe you

>>1441669
The 2020 election proved you wrong, retard

>>1441374
>>1441391
>uses leftists lingo
>compares trump to hitler
>complains about muh russia
>??? not a leftist
ok you disingenuous loser

>>1441911
It's too bad the trial wasn't recorded or live streamed or something.
It would have been comedy gold to watch this guy defend himself using long monologues based on variations of "trump is literally Hitler" and get sidetracked talking about the Ukraine war and how much he dislikes Russia.

Honestly, I kind of just want to see how this dude behaves, he seems totally unhinged and a living caricature of so many memes targeting Democrats

>>1441338
its time to shoot democrat voters in self defense

>>1441923
part of me thinks he's trying to get off on being criminally insane but if they put him into isolation for that they'd have to lock up nearly half the country and sadly we don't have enough jails for that.

>>1441933
I mean the dude doesn't strike me as criminally insane at all. He does strike me as having a few screws loose but I think overall he's really just your average "current thing" type dude, just maybe take some more initiative than the rest of them

>>1441938
he's definitely sane just one of those indoctrinated self-righteous narcissists that think if he preaches about how he's doing this for ukraine and world peace people will agree with him. but i'm just saying i think that's what he's going for cause he's as smart as the average redditard with no self-awareness.

>>1441338
Did the court find out who gave the $162000 to his daughter and why?

>>1441931
Go to bed Ivan

>>1442096
calm down trans freak and dont shoot up another school