Trump would-be assassin convicted

The pro-Ukraine activist had set up an ambush at then-presidential candidate’s Florida golf course last September

A US jury on Tuesday found pro-Ukraine activist Ryan Wesley Routh guilty of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump during his 2024 reelection campaign.

The would-be assassin set up a “sniper’s hide” in the perimeter of Trump’s Florida golf course, but was discovered by a Secret Service agent, who opened fire on Routh and spooked him, the Department of Justice wrote in a press release on Tuesday.

Routh was later apprehended fleeing the scene in his car. According to the authorities, a number of mobile phones, as well as a list of flights out of the country for that day were discovered in the vehicle.

”Today’s guilty verdict against would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh illustrates the Department of Justice’s commitment to punishing those who engage in political violence,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement published by the DOJ.

The attack was not only an attack on the US president, “but an affront to our very nation itself,” she added.

BREAKING: The man convicted in the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, Ryan Routh, tried to stab himself with a pen after his guilty verdict was read. pic.twitter.com/DrivgddReh

— ALX