Trump Attempted Assassin Ryan Routh Found Guilty, Courtroom Erupts in Chaos
“As the verdict was read, it appeared to our producers inside the courtroom that Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen.”
The verdict came swiftly this afternoon as jurors convicted 59-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh on every charge for attempting to assassinate Donald Trump on his Florida golf course.
From the initial breaking report from Fox News:
🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh FOUND GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES, faces LIFE in prison.
Good. pic.twitter.com/beZzSaRTT9
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 23, 2025
“All charges count, one so far we know guilty unanimously. Paul, get your reaction here as we await more information from the courtroom.”
Routh, who bizarrely represented himself, was facing five counts: attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, assaulting a federal officer, possession of a firearm and ammunition as a felon, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
As CNN detailed:
“Authorities say Routh created a ‘sniper’s nest’ near the sixth green of Trump International Golf Club, but never fired a shot at Trump.”
Jurors deliberated less than three hours before finding him guilty on all counts.
Then the courtroom descended into chaos during the verdict:
🚨 HOLY CRAP. After Ryan Routh was found guilty of trying to assassinate President Trump, he tried to STAB HIMSELF in the NECK "with a pen."
Then, 4 Marshals dragged him out of the room, shackled him, and brought him back into the courtroom.
The daughter became insanely… pic.twitter.com/q9Hh1fLIlR
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 23, 2025
“As the Verdict was read. Now it is quite shocking. As the verdict was read, it appeared to our producers inside the courtroom that Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen.
That’s what it appeared to look like that four marshals dragged him out of the courtroom, took his coat off, they then shackled him at the waist and ankles, and then, they brought him back into the courtroom.
So again, this just in from our producers, as the verdict was being read, Routh tried to hurt himself in the neck with a pen.
Now we just saw that emotional reaction from that daughter, and now we know exactly why.
So when Ruth was brought back into the courtroom, that’s when her daughter stood up, started yelling and screaming. She said to her father, ‘Don’t do anything. I’m going to get you out of here.’
This is what our producers are telling us. Just into the newsroom, she also screamed many expletives, and that’s when we saw her run out of the courtroom.”
CNN confirmed the bizarre self-harm attempt and his daughter’s emotional outburst:
“Routh appeared to try to stab himself in the neck with a pen after the verdict was read, a person in the courtroom told CNN. Authorities stopped him from doing so. His daughter also had an emotional outburst in the courtroom after the verdict was read.”
NBC noted how erratic his self-representation had been throughout:
“Despite having no legal background, Routh represented himself at trial and called only three witnesses: a sniper instructor and two of his former employees. Judge Aileen M. Cannon, citing lack of relevance, cut off Routh multiple times while he was delivering his opening statement and questioning witnesses.”
For his defense, Routh told jurors:
“No one ever intended to kill anyone … the only thing I am guilty of is caring deeply for this country.”
But prosecutors hammered his obsession:
“Even though he didn’t kill Trump, he wanted to,” prosecutor Chris Browne told the jury. He said Routh ‘obsessively stalked and tracked his intended victim,’ and planned his alleged assassination attempt ‘meticulously and obsessively.’”
The September 2024 plot nearly succeeded. Agents discovered him in the bushes near Trump International Golf Club with a scoped rifle, an extended magazine, and an obliterated serial number. NBC reported:
“In the DOJ statement announcing the charges, the FBI said agents also found documents including a handwritten list of dates where Trump was scheduled to appear.”
The Justice Department celebrated its victory with a statement from Pam Bondi:
Jury Convicts Man of Attempted Assassination of @POTUS Donald J. Trump and Assault of a Federal Law Enforcement Officer
“Today’s guilty verdict against would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh illustrates the Department of Justice’s commitment to punishing those who engage in… pic.twitter.com/EVsYVQ5aor
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) September 23, 2025
Later, after the decision, Trump also reacted to the verdict:
TRUMP'S RESPONSE TO ROUTH'S GUILTY VERDICT: "It was really well handled, and it's very important. You can't let things like that happen….Justice was served." pic.twitter.com/hr4PTWABRL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 23, 2025
It was the second time Trump’s life had been targeted in less than a year.
Ryan Wesley Routh now faces life in prison; his trial ending as chaotically as his plot began.
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A fool for a client.
They should have allowed him to proceed with the self-stabbing.
Yep maybe he felt remorse and wanted to relieve the taxpayers of the burden that he represents on society. It would be the green thing to do.
He was trying to martyr himself , Kirk was shot in the neck
I disagree. I am a cruel guy, and I like the idea of him healthy and medicated, with years and years and years to reflect
At least make him earn his room and board. Hard labor every day. None of this chilling in front of the TV all day at taxpayer expense.
I’ve advocated for a return to hard labor for ALL prisoners for years.
What a family if nutcases,
It’s An Addams Family Soap Opera — just tor Hardin!
Hey, don’t insult the Addams Family like that!
I suspect that he is a huge Kimmel fan.
He definitely heard Kimmel’s dog whistle.
Maybe the daughter knows a Commissar Judge together him out fast
Well, now he can claim that since he was representing himself he was an ineffective and/or incompetent person to be allowed to defend himself from these most serious charges and that the verdict should be set aside and he should get another trial with a competent defense attorney to defend him.
No. By exercising his right to represent himself he waived his right to the assistance of counsel.
The people who convinced Routh that Trump deserved to be killed are free as a bird.
Part of his sentence should be to have Trump speeches pumped in 12 hours per day, along with an occasional video.
Gonna look for leniency, turns out he was trans, but just discovered it. You heard it here first.
“No one ever intended to kill anyone … the only thing I am guilty of is caring deeply for this country.”
Of course not Ryan.
You were just on your way to fishing the Inter Coastal Waterway when you decided to take a nap near MAL. That was just fishing tackle in your resting spot.
Of course you don’t know how that rifle got there, or that you had picked a spot that was previously concealed as a sniper’s nest.
Of course you didn’t kill anyone… yet.
You were just an innocent bystander that was convicted on circumstantial evidence.
As the pen was taken from him he was heard to scream, “take your paws off my Parker.”
the pen was almost mightier than the sword