Good day all. Last year there were two attempts on the life of the Greatest President of the 21st century, Donald Trump. The first attempt had a round graze President Trump’s right ear, with two other people wounded and one, tragically killed. The second attempt was stopped by the Secret Service at Mar-a-lago and the criminal fled.
That criminal was Ryan Routh. He was captured soon after the attempt. His trial, where he was representing himself, just concluded with Routh being found guilty. Here are the details from Newsmax:
A man representing himself in federal court against charges of trying to assassinate Donald Trump last year at his Florida golf course was found guilty of all charges Tuesday afternoon. The jury deliberated for about 2 hours and 20 minutes.
That long? I guess they decided to have the catered lunch before coming back with the verdict. I figure 30 minutes to come to the verdict, about an hour to do the paperwork and then lunch.
The jury found that Routh, 59, intended to kill Trump, then a former U.S. president and Republican presidential candidate, when he pointed a rifle through a fence while Trump was golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
The fact that this nut is alive is a testament, and not in a good way, to the Secret Service’s marksmanship. As I recall, Routh was spotted and one or more agents opened fire and missed. They did manage to drive him off so there is that.
He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Since this is in Florida, and everyone is pretty angry at what this walking turd tried to do, I don’t see the judge being at all lenient in his sentence. Granted this is a federal case, but the judge hearing it is not noted for playing games. Now this is where the fun begins. Apparently Routh actually thought he had put on a good case and that he was going to be acquitted. When the jury came back and announced guilty, he tried to emulate John Wick, only on himself.
At some point, Newsmax reports, Routh attempted to stab himself with a pen before marshals swarmed him. His daughter shouted at him to stop.
I feel sorry for his daughter, knowing that her father is a complete nutjob who is going to spend the rest of his miserable life in prison.
Earlier Tuesday, Routh told jurors during his closing argument that he did not intend to kill anyone that day.
“It’s hard for me to believe that a crime occurred if the trigger was never pulled,” Ryan Routh said.
If that rifle he had wasn’t aimed in President Trump’s direction and was just left in the car, he may have had a defense. However, he had it set up through the fence links ready to fire once President Trump came into range. Granted, the rifle was piece of junk, but Brandon Herrera, the AK Guy, did a breakdown of the rifle and was actually surprised at what he found.
He pointed out he could see Trump as he was on the path toward the sixth hole green at the golf course. And he noted that he could have also shot the Secret Service agent who confronted him if he had intended to harm anyone.
You didn’t because you weren’t aware that the agent had spotted you until he drew and did a mag dump at you. The Newsmax story summarizes how the case went. Since Routh decided to represent himself, the judge sitting on the case was a bit more lenient with him, providing him basic instruction regarding closing arguments and other legal details. Basically saying that he needed to stay on topic and not use the time to give unsworn testimoney since he didn’t take the stand in his own defense. (As is his right) It didn’t help.
“This can’t be your opportunity to provide pseudo-testimony outside the context of sworn testimony,” Judge Cannon said. (Yes, that Judge Cannon, Jack Smith’s nemesis)
Routh said he understood, but he also claimed to understand nearly two weeks ago when Cannon gave him similar instructions for his opening statement. Cannon cut him off after less than 10 minutes, explaining that he forfeited his right to continue when he ignored her warnings and veered off topic to talk about Adolf Hitler and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
Cannon signed off on Routh’s request to represent himself following two hearings in July. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that criminal defendants have a right to represent themselves in court proceedings, as long as they can show a judge they are competent to waive their right to be defended by an attorney. Routh’s former defense attorneys have served as standby counsel since Routh took over his own defense and have been present during trial the past two weeks.
Routh’s former attorney must have told Routh about defending himself was having a fool for a lawyer. Who knows? Perhaps he’s hoping to use incompetent representation for his appeal.
Routh was a North Carolina construction worker who in recent years had moved to Hawaii. A self-styled mercenary leader, Routh spoke out to anyone who would listen about his dangerous, sometimes violent plans to insert himself into conflicts around the world, witnesses have told The Associated Press.
It’s pretty obvious that Routh is a nut. What he isn’t is criminally insane. He knows the difference between right and wrong and showing up with a rifle where the former president of the Untied States lived, a man who had just survived an assassination attempt by the grace of God and a slightly turned head, was just plain wrong. Now he gets to sit in a prison contemplating his life choices.
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