Ryan Routh Sentenced to Life in Prison for Attempting to Assassinate Trump
The Secret Service stopped Routh in September 2024 after spotting him staking out Trump at the golf course.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of Florida sentenced Ryan Routh to life in prison plus seven years for attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump in September 2024.
In September 2025, a jury found Routh guilty on all five counts:
- Attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate
- Assaulting a federal officer
- Possession of a firearm and ammunition as a felon
- Possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
Routh spoke to Cannon for about 15 minutes before she interrupted him.
Cannon told Routh that “he is an evil person who intended to kill Trump and would have done so if it hadn’t been for a Secret Service agent who disrupted the plot.”
[Routh attorney Martin] Roth said Wednesday that Routh “stands by his plea of not guilty” and that Routh has “objected to any claim that he attempted to murder” anyone.
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Roth argued that, “It would have taken less than an instant [for Routh] to pull the trigger but the defendant did not,” and, “At the moment of truth he did not fire.”
The judge pushed back, noting Routh’s history of arrests, to which Roth said, “He’s a complex person, I’ll give the court that, but he has a very good core.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Shipley answered that the assassination “would have been an easy kill” if it weren’t for Secret Service Agent Fercano.
“This was intended to be a cold-blooded concealed kill… to make sure the American people didn’t even have the chance to vote for him,” added Shipley.
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+ 7 years?
wow..that would follow him all the way into hell
double win for justice
I have to admit that I’m pleasantly surprised by this verdict.
The plus seven years is a nice twist of the knife.
Any bets that the next Democrat president pardons him?
Naw, he’ll appeal and a liberal judge will either overturn or reduce the sentence.
Good, hope he never gets out of prison
Now, prosecute whoever was inside Trump’s circle that leaked the info to Routh about where & when Trump would be on a not publicly scheduled, impromptu, Sunday stop at Trump’s private golf course.
I can guarantee it wasn’t just a lucky guess by Routh – it was an inside job.
Agreed
You could actually kill someone and see less time in prison lol
“Attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate”
It’s a big club, and Libertarians and Greens ain’t in it.
Let’s hope he’s popular in prison. Very popular.
We should all send him bars of soap to help him get along.
I’m happy he’s in prison for life. But what’s wrong with you to think about or hope for people to be raped? That’s despicable and should lead you to some deep self reflection.
“At the moment of truth he did not fire.”
That’s an admission of intent and targeting from the atty. Mail order law school grad?
Good, may he rot in the pen for the rest of his days.
This guy is no mastermind, he’s a tool. The question is, who is controlling him?
I vote for the leftist media and the Democratic Party.
He was laying there for hours!
And only by an extreme luck is President Trump not murdered
What are the odds in the next year he has something to say?
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