Man who tried to assassinate Trump on Florida golf course in 2024 sentenced to life in prison

The convicted man, 59 years old, was convicted by a jury last September of five criminal charges, including attempted murder, after acting as his own defense attorney in the trial.

Prosecutors had requested a life sentencewhile Routh had asked the judge, appointed by Trump, to impose a 27 year sentence.

Routh, a North Carolina construction worker, was ddiscovered by Secret Service agents on September 15, 2024 when he was hiding with a rifle behind some bushes at the president’s golf club in Florida, at a time when Trump was with a group of friends at a nearby hole, and He was caught after a brief escape.

This incident occurred only two months later that a bullet fired by another armed man, Thomas Matthew Crooks, rozara la Trump’s ear during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Both assassination attempts occurred on the eve of the November 2024 elections, in which Trump regained the Presidency after being defeated four years earlier by Democrat Joe Biden.

Ten hours hidden

The Prosecutor’s Office stated that he waited hidden in the bush for almost 10 hours on the day of the incident.

Investigators found at the scene the assault rifle, two bags with metal plates similar to bulletproof vests and one video camera pointing at the golf course.

Routh carried six mobile phones and used false names to hide his identity, according to the evidence provided at trial.

During the trial, the detainee pleaded not guilty, but He fired his lawyers and chose to represent himselfdespite lacking formal legal training.

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