Ryan Routh Guilty in Trump Assassination Plot

A federal jury on Sept. 23, 2025, found Ryan Routh guilty on all counts of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September 2024. Prosecutors presented DNA, cellphone data, bullets and an SKS‑style rifle hidden in shrubbery and said Routh spent weeks plotting the attack before Secret Service agents spotted him; he fled the scene and was apprehended. Routh largely represented himself at the two‑week trial, was repeatedly reprimanded by Judge Aileen Cannon, and the jury reached a verdict after roughly two hours of deliberation. Immediately after the verdict he appeared to try to stab himself in the neck with a pen; U.S. Marshals restrained and shackled him as his daughter screamed and his son called out to him. He faces a possible life sentence and is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 18, 2025.