Ryan Routh Trial for Trump Assassination Tentw resumes on Monday
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The federal trial of Ryan Routh, accused of having tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump in a golf series in September 2024, resumed on Monday after a week that saw seated jurors, opening declarations and a gaple of early testimony.
In just two days of testimony last week, prosecutors called 13 witnesses – mainly FBI agents and secret services – to travel the jurors through the investigation and the response to the alleged attack.
Prosecutors opened Thursday by reading Ryan Routh’s own words – “Trump cannot be elected” and “I need Trump to leave” – to say that he traced for months, traveled from Hawaii and positioned himself at the Trump International Golf Club with a chambered rifle.
Trial of Ryan Routh: the selection of the jury begins in the attempted assassination of Trump
A sketch representing the special pink agent showing evidence in court during the trial of Ryan Routh in Fort Pierce, Florida, September 12, 2025. Ryan Routh is accused of an assassination attempt on President Donald Trump – then major candidate in the 2024 elections – in his West Palm Beach Golf Club in 2024. (Lothar Speer)
Roth, representing himself, made an opening declaration of seven minutes according to which the judge named Trump, Aileen Cannon, shortened after having turned into remarks triggered on Adolf Hitler and the Wright Brothers, at some point, saying to the jurors: “This case does not mean absolutely nothing. A life has not been complete.”
The witnesses of the week included a secret service agent who testified that Routh smiled at him while pointing a rifle “directly on my face”, a civilian who identified Roth fleeing in a hiding place of Nissan Black, and bombing agents and the FBI who described the camera that rushed to it, and Vienna Sausages on the ground.
The trial of Ryan Routh opens on the bizarre questions of the jury and the drama of the witnesses
A sketch representing Lieutenant William Gale on the stand in court during the trial of Ryan Routh in Fort Pierce, Florida, September 12, 2025. Ryan Routh is accused of an assassination attempt to President Donald Trump in his West Palm Beach golf club in 2024. (Lothar Speer)
The jurors also showed photos that the prosecutors said that Roth’s clothes have linked the premises, including pants with red stain prosecutors compared to the red paint on a bag recovered from the brush. Roth’s counter-examination were brief and sometimes bizarre, to ask witnesses: “Is it good to be alive?“” To question them on the AK-47 mechanics.
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Judge Aileen Cannon, one appointed by Trump, told jurors to expect the trial to take place until 5.30pm a day. More and more FBI agents and laws responsible for the application of laws should take a stand on Monday while the government continues to present evidence.
