Trump Would-Be Assassin Ryan Routh Convicted in Florida, Faces Life in Prison

Ryan Routh, the North Carolina man who was caught staking out Donald Trump at his Florida golf course with a semiautomatic rifle, was convicted Tuesday of attempting to assassinate a presidential candidate, a charge that could send him to prison for life. A federal jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, found Routh, 59, guilty of the assassination attempt along with assaulting a federal officer and multiple firearm violations. Prosecutors said Routh, a drifter and construction worker, hid in the shrubbery near Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Sept. 15, 2024, pointing a rifle with its . . .