The pro-Ukraine activist had set up an ambush at then-presidential candidate’s Florida golf course last September
A US jury on Tuesday found pro-Ukraine activist Ryan Wesley Routh guilty of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump during his 2024 reelection campaign.
The would-be assassin set up a “sniper’s hide” in the perimeter of Trump’s Florida golf course, but was discovered by a Secret Service agent, who opened fire on Routh and spooked him, the Department of Justice wrote in a press release on Tuesday.
Routh was later apprehended fleeing the scene in his car. According to the authorities, a number of mobile phones, as well as a list of flights out of the country for that day were discovered in the vehicle.
”Today’s guilty verdict against would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh illustrates the Department of Justice’s commitment to punishing those who engage in political violence,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement published by the DOJ.
The attack was not only an attack on the US president, “but an affront to our very nation itself,” she added.
BREAKING: The man convicted in the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, Ryan Routh, tried to stab himself with a pen after his guilty verdict was read. pic.twitter.com/DrivgddReh
— ALX ?? (@alx) September 23, 2025Routh was convicted of attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and several other charges. He faces life in prison, when he is sentenced later this year.
Read more Man arrested for pointing laser at Trump’s helicopter – courtAccording to CNN, Routh appeared to attempt to stab himself in the neck with a pen as the charges were read, but was stopped by the authorities.
Ahead of the assassination attempt, the pro-Kiev activist had attempted to purchase a rocket launcher from a Ukrainian associate, according to the case documents.
“I need equipment so that Trump don’t [sic] get elected,” he said in one message cited by the prosecution, in which he argued that at war, such weapons are “lost and destroyed daily – one missing would not be noticed.”
Routh’s attempted ambush came just two months after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Thomas Crooks fired a number of shots at the then-presidential candidate, grazing his ear and killing a spectator, before being killed by a Secret Service sniper.
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