The trial of Ryan Routh begins Thursday in the Trump Assassination Tental affair before the Florida Court

Ryan Routh’s federal trial, the alleged assassin accused of President Donald Trump in his West Palm Beach golf club last year, is expected to start on Thursday.

After several selection cycles of the jury that started on Monday, a panel of 12 jurors – as well as four substitutes – were seated on Wednesday. The group includes six white women, four white men, a black woman and a black man. The alternates are made up of two white women and two white men.

Opening arguments are scheduled for Thursday at the Fédéral Justice of Justice in Fort Pierce, Florida, where prosecutors should quickly pass to the presentation of their case.

Trial of Ryan Routh: the selection of the jury begins in the attempted assassination of Trump

The assassin alleged potential Ryan Routh was arrested by the police in Florida in September 2024, and his federal trial begins Thursday. (Sheriff’s Bureau of Martin / Reuters)

About 180 people were summoned for the jury in three waves of 60 years. Prosecutors and Routh, who refused public defense and chose to self-represent candidates interviewed to determine if they could serve impartially.

Roulth dotted potential jurors with offbeat questions, asking questions about Ukraine, war in Gaza and even what they would do if a turtle crossed the road while they were driving.

The most recent high-level federal defendant to represent themselves was Dylann Storm Roof, the mass murderer responsible for the Charleston shooting, in South Carolina 2015. Roof was briefly represented in the federal phase of the death penalty in 2016. He asked to proceed to pro SE and was authorized to do so for a part of the procedure before The court.

Trump’s assassination attempt suspects Ryan Routh puts the president around the golf course

Selection of the jury for the trial of Ryan Routh, who is accused of having tried to assassinate President Donald Trump, began on Monday. The trial is expected to start on Thursday. (Lothar Speer)

At the end of Tuesday, the court had already rejected more than 70 of the first 180 potential jurors, many of which citing strong opinions on Trump, links with the police or concerns concerning impartiality in a highly politicized case.

Roth pleaded not guilty of the federal accusations of having tried to assassinate a great presidential candidate and to attack a federal officer. Prosecutors say he was armed with an AK -style rifle when secret service agents stopped him near Trump golf course West Palm Beach In September 2024. The attempt intervened just a few months after Trump was shot dead and has barely survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The attempted assassination of Trump suspicious Ryan Routh can stand up at the trial, federal judge rules

Trump’s assassination suspect Ryan Routh was arrested for an alleged assassination attempt by a great presidential candidate, having a firearm in favor of a crime of violence, attacating a federal officer, possession of a firearm and ammunition, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated standard number in the County of Palm Beach, Florida on September 15 2024. (Bureau of the Sheriff of the County of Palm Beach)

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The trial should last two to four weeks with the judge named Aileen Cannon, at the head of the trial.

Diana Stancy of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.